FATHERS DAY TRIVIA AND FACTS

The History of Fathers Day!

Sonora Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a "father's day." She thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.
Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state.

After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.

President Calvin Coolidge, in 1924, supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Then in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. President Richard Nixon signed the law which finally made it permanent in 1972.


Fun Fathers Day Quotes:

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." -- English Proverb

"A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father." -- Gabriel García Márquez

"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." -- Bill Cosby

He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby

A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown

The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad!
~Author Unknown

Great Fathers Day Gifts:

1. Nice bottle of Scotch
2. create a custom tie online
3. camping essentials
4. A powermat that recharges all your electronic devices without having to plug anything in.
5. Top notch carry on luggage
6. nook: The worlds most advanced ebook reader
7. sony dash internet viewer
8. MP3 playing sunglasses
9. A beverage warmer
10. a personalized card with some dress socks, and a gigantic hug with an "I love you dad" : )


Happy Fathers Day to all those Amazing Dads Out There!
-Val