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TheoriginofFather’sDayisnotclear.SomesaythatitbeganwithachurchserviceinWestVirginiain1908.OtherssaythefirstFather’sDayceremonywasheldinVancouver,Washington.
ThepresidentoftheChicagobranch（分部）oftheLions’Club,HarryMeek,issaidtohavecelebratedthefirstFather’sDaywithhisorganizationin1915;andthedaythattheychosewasthethirdSundayinJune,theclosestdatetoMeek’sownbirthday!
RegardlessofwhenthefirsttrueFather’sDayoccurred,thestrongestpromoteroftheholidaywasMrs.BruceJohnDoddofSpokane,Washington.Mrs.Doddfeltthatshehadanoutstandingfather.HewasaveteranoftheCivilWar.Hiswifehaddiedyoung,andhehadraisedsixchildrenwithouttheirmother.
In1909,Mrs.DoddapproachedherownministerandothersinSpokaneabouthavingachurchservicededicatedtofathersonJune5,herfather’sbirthday.Thatdatewastoosoonforherministertopreparetheservice,sohespokeafewweekslateronJune19th.Fromthenon,thestateofWashingtoncelebratedthethirdSundayinJuneasFather’sDay.Childrenmadespecialdesserts,orvisitedtheirfathersiftheylivedapart.
Statesandorganizationsbeganlobbying（游说）CongresstodeclareanannualFather’sDay.In1916,PresidentWoodrowWilsonapprovedofthisidea,butitwasnotuntil1924whenPresidentCalvinCoolidgemadeitanationaleventto"establishmoreintimaterelationsbetweenfathersandtheirchildrenandtoimpressuponfathersthefullmeasureoftheirobligations."Sincethen,fathershadbeenhonoredandrecognizedbytheirfamiliesthroughoutthecountryonthethirdSundayinJune.
Whenchildrencan’tvisittheirfathersortakethemouttodinner,theysendagreetingcard.Traditionally,fathersprefergreetingcardsthatarenottoosentimental.Mostgreetingcardsarewhimsical（奇形怪状的，异想天开的）sofatherslaughwhentheyopenthem.SomegiveheartfeltthanksforbeingtherewheneverthechildneededDad.