Father’s Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a “father’s day” was first proposed there were no Father’s Day cards!
父親節與普遍的誤解不同的是，它並非是一個為了幫助賀卡製作廠商銷售更多賀卡的節日。事實上，當“父親節”的提議首先被提出時，父親節賀卡根本就不存在。
Mrs. John B Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father William, whose wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn ;and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.
華盛頓州的約翰·布魯斯·多德夫人在1909年首先提出了設立“父親節”的提議。多德夫人希望有一個特殊的'日子來向她的父親———威廉·斯瑪特表示敬意。他的妻子在生他們第六個孩子時因難產而死。斯瑪特先生在華盛頓州東部鄉下的農場裏獨自養大了六個孩子。多德太太成人後她才意識到她的父親一個人養大孩子所表現的力量和無私。
The first Father’s Day was observed on June 19,1910 in Washington. And it was in 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson officially declared the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day.
1910年的6月19日人們在華盛頓慶祝了第一個父親節。林登·約翰遜總統最終於1966年宣佈每年六月的第3個星期天為父親節。
Father’s Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father’s Day.
父親節現在已經成為向父親及所有扮演父親角色的人表達敬意的節日。繼父，伯父，
祖父所有成年男性都將在父親節受到尊敬。
父親節名言
若是一個意志薄弱的人恐怕早已被打倒
With illnesses of his own, he still stood by her side
但哪怕自己也疾病纏身，他依舊站在她的身旁
caring for her and loving her until the day she died.
照顧她愛她直到她的生命終止
Twenty days later his own time was at an end.
20天后他隨她而去
I lost my hero, my father, a man who was my friend.
我失去了我的英雄，我的父親，我的朋友
A few years have passed, and life just isn't the same.
許多年過去了，生活變了樣
But as Father's Day approaches, I will celebrate his name.
但每當父親節臨近，我還是會在心裏念他的名字
With prayers to him and God above to stay by my side,
我為他祈禱，相信上帝會在我身旁