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Iwant2kssuallovr
62 / female
Bendover, Florida, US
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100 years ago
Father's Day turns 100. How did Father's Day start anyway?
Father's Day was started a century ago because inventor Sonora Smart Dodd was upset by widespread mocking of fathers in popular culture as lazy, sleazy and drunk.
Her father, William Smart, survived the Civil War and then moved West to seek his fortune. His wife died in the winter of 1898, while giving birth of their sixth child.
But Smart, with the help of Sonora, the eldest child and only girl, held the family together. Sonora became convinced of the importance of fathers, at a time when they were not considered that relevant to the family.
Father's Day was founded in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Arkansas from Spokane, who was also the driving force behind its establishment. Its first celebration was in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who reared his six children. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors hadn't enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June
Dodd campaigned nationally for the holiday. Father's Day became a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.
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| June 15, 2012, 15:22 |
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Grandelf
64 / male
Northern, Michigan, US
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Re: 100 years ago
That's cool, you learnt me somethin today! Though I must admit I celebrate both cuz I've been called a "Mutha" probably more than the other...just sayin
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| June 15, 2012, 15:26 |
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kamarel
60 / male
Alexandria, Louisiana, US
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Re: 100 years ago
Oh, Get Smart
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| June 15, 2012, 16:05 |
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Re: 100 years ago
QUOTE (Iwant2kssuallovr @ June 15, 2012, 15:22)Father's Day turns 100. How did Father's Day start anyway?
Father's Day was started a century ago because inventor Sonora Smart Dodd was upset by widespread mocking of fathers in popular culture as lazy, sleazy and drunk.
Today, there are those campaigning against the media and advertising dipiction of fathers and husbands being portrayed as clueless, dumbass dolts.
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| June 16, 2012, 11:10 |
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onehornee
64 / male
69'sDevine, Michigan, US
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Re: 100 years ago
If its a celebration for us cant we be lazy, sleazy and drunk,if we want to be lol
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| June 16, 2012, 12:02 |
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perveman
111 / male
Tucson, Arizona, US
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Re: Re: 100 years ago
QUOTE (onehornee @ June 16, 2012, 12:02)If its a celebration for us cant we be lazy, sleazy and drunk,if we want to be lol
. What the hell good are the rest of the days in the year good for then?
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| June 16, 2012, 12:05 |
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onehornee
64 / male
69'sDevine, Michigan, US
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Re: Re: Re: 100 years ago
QUOTE (perveman @ June 16, 2012, 12:05) QUOTE (onehornee @ June 16, 2012, 12:02)If its a celebration for us cant we be lazy, sleazy and drunk,if we want to be lol . What the hell good are the rest of the days in the year good for then?
on the bright side perve there are some calendars that have a holiday almost every day.gotta get one..yea tommorrow is rusty nail day ,, woohooo lol
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| June 16, 2012, 12:14 |
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Re: 100 years ago
We do have threads for all those holidays, I think they are titled "National What Day?" or something similiar.
It's fun, usually one person will find a good sourced and post all the odd holidays for us.
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| June 16, 2012, 12:40 |
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onehornee
64 / male
69'sDevine, Michigan, US
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Re: Re: 100 years ago
QUOTE (Chazzy @ June 16, 2012, 12:40)We do have threads for all those holidays, I think they are titled "National What Day?" or something similiar.
It's fun, usually one person will find a good sourced and post all the odd holidays for us.
lol i had a calendar like that,the x musta took it,it had rediculous lots of holidays.lol.national Honeybee day,frog day,chocolate day.lol it goes on and on lol...
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| June 16, 2012, 12:51 |
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