Happy Summer Solstice. It is the longest day of the year! And it’s Father’s Day (apparently, it’s singular possessive, as in “it’s my father’s day”—I looked it up). Happy day to all the fathers. Mother’s Day was an easy sell, starting early, building steam and the godsend of Hallmark Cards and every FTD florist ds. Father’s Day was a slower sell, first recognized in 1910, when a woman in Spokane, Washington, wanted to honor fathers. Her father, a Civil War veteran, reared her, along with her five siblings, after their mother died. She got Washington State to designate a holiday that slowly expanded from there. And while President Coolidge issued a proclamation urging people to honor fathers, it wasn’t until President Johnson’s Executive Order in 1966 and not until President Nixon signed it into law in 1972 that Father’s Day became a “real” holiday.
#64 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Sunday June 20)
#64 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Sunday June…
#64 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Sunday June 20)
Happy Summer Solstice. It is the longest day of the year! And it’s Father’s Day (apparently, it’s singular possessive, as in “it’s my father’s day”—I looked it up). Happy day to all the fathers. Mother’s Day was an easy sell, starting early, building steam and the godsend of Hallmark Cards and every FTD florist ds. Father’s Day was a slower sell, first recognized in 1910, when a woman in Spokane, Washington, wanted to honor fathers. Her father, a Civil War veteran, reared her, along with her five siblings, after their mother died. She got Washington State to designate a holiday that slowly expanded from there. And while President Coolidge issued a proclamation urging people to honor fathers, it wasn’t until President Johnson’s Executive Order in 1966 and not until President Nixon signed it into law in 1972 that Father’s Day became a “real” holiday.