Post by zhabib on Oct 11, 2020 23:46:18 GMT -6
About 4,000 years ago a young boy named Elmusu wished his Babylonian father good health and a long life by carving a Father's Day message on a card made out of clay. No one knows what happened to Elmusu or his father ecuador cell phone numbers, but the tradition of having a special day honoring fathers has continued through the years in countries across the world.
The idea of Father's Day was conceived by Sonora Dodd of Spokane ecuador cell phone numbers, Wash., while she listened to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children by himself on a rural farm ecuador cell phone numbers.
Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia is believed to have conducted the first Father's Day service in 1908 at the Central Church of Fairmont.
President Lyndon B. ecuador cell phone numbers Johnson recognized the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day with a presidential proclamation in 1966, but the holiday was not really made permanent until 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed a presidential resolution that made the third Sunday in June officially Father's Day in the United States ecuador cell phone numbers.
Facts about Fathers
There is an estimated 64.3 million fathers in the US. US Census: Unpublished data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation ecuador cell phone numbers
The number of single fathers is 2.3 million, up from 393,000 in 1970. Currently, among single parents living with their children, 18 percent are men. US Census
Stay-at-home dads number an estimated 140,00 in 2008. These married fathers with children younger than 15 have remained out of the labor force for at least one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home ecuador cell phone numbers. These fathers cared for 234,000 children. Among these stay-at-home dads, 54 percent had two or more children US Census: America's Families and Living Arrangements ecuador cell phone numbers:
The idea of Father's Day was conceived by Sonora Dodd of Spokane ecuador cell phone numbers, Wash., while she listened to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children by himself on a rural farm ecuador cell phone numbers.
Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia is believed to have conducted the first Father's Day service in 1908 at the Central Church of Fairmont.
President Lyndon B. ecuador cell phone numbers Johnson recognized the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day with a presidential proclamation in 1966, but the holiday was not really made permanent until 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed a presidential resolution that made the third Sunday in June officially Father's Day in the United States ecuador cell phone numbers.
Facts about Fathers
There is an estimated 64.3 million fathers in the US. US Census: Unpublished data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation ecuador cell phone numbers
The number of single fathers is 2.3 million, up from 393,000 in 1970. Currently, among single parents living with their children, 18 percent are men. US Census
Stay-at-home dads number an estimated 140,00 in 2008. These married fathers with children younger than 15 have remained out of the labor force for at least one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home ecuador cell phone numbers. These fathers cared for 234,000 children. Among these stay-at-home dads, 54 percent had two or more children US Census: America's Families and Living Arrangements ecuador cell phone numbers: