Father’s Day
The third Sunday in June every year is “Father’s Day”. Like “Mother’s Day”, “Father’s Day” also originated in the United States. In 1909, a woman named Dowood spread “Mother’s Day” in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. During this time, she thought of her father. When she was very young, her mother passed away, and her father had to take on the burden of raising the children alone. Scenes from the past resurfaced in her mind one after another. Ms. Dowood deeply felt the need to establish Father’s Day. She appealed to the society, aroused people’s positive response, and the third Sunday in June was selected as “Father’s Day”. In June 1910, the United States celebrated the first “Father’s Day”. At that time, those whose fathers were still alive wore a red rose on their chests to express their respect for their father; while those whose father had passed away wore a white rose to express their infinite nostalgia and grief for their father.
