Story of Fathers day❤️
First of all Happy fathers day to all the fathers reading this post.๐
Well, do you know about the real story behind fathers day? So let's start knowing about
Fathers day
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The history of fathers day is so much challenging. No of can imagine the efforts of those people who supported and wanted to honor fathers who did a lot for us.
Fathers day is not easily accepted as Mother's day. It took several years for getting its place.
Mothers day was celebrated officially in 1914. But fathers day get its official acceptance in 1972 by President Richard Nixon.
The first fathers day was a kind of tribute to those men who died in a mining accident on 5 July 1908.
Grace Golden Clayton, thought to honor all the fathers by celebrating father's day who had died in a mining accident. But it was not accepted. But because of this women get inspired to give honor to their fathers.
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Then in 1909, SONORA SMART DODD was inspired by Anna Jarvis who introduced Mothers day. She loved her dad so much and he was the only parent of six children who raised them. Her father, William Jackson Smart, was a Farmer and a Civil War veteran.
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All these legends' efforts made it possible and now we are celebrating Fathers Day.
In different countries, it is celebrated on different dates and with different names.
Like in Russia ๐ท๐บ and Belarus ๐ง๐พ fathers day is celebrated as Defender of fatherland day on 23 February.
In Italy ๐ฎ๐น, Angola ๐ฆ๐ด, Bolivia ๐ง๐ด , Spain๐ช๐ธ , etc it is celebrated as Soldiers day on 19 March.
In South Korea,๐ฐ๐ท it is celebrated as parents' day on 8 May.
In countries like India ๐ฎ๐ณ, Austria ๐ฆ๐น, Belgium ๐ง๐ช, Bahamas ๐ง๐ธ, Bangladesh ๐ง๐ฉ, Canada ๐จ๐ฆ, China ๐จ๐ณ, Colombia ๐จ๐ด, France ๐ซ๐ท, United States ๐บ๐ธ, United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง, Japan ๐ฏ๐ต , and many more countries celebrate father's day on the third Sunday of June.
Today we can thank our fathers for millions of reasons.
At last thank you dad for millions of reasons.๐
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