Father's Day in Modern Society

From last Century Father's Day is being celebrated across the globe with great enthusiasm. There are a lot of people who are being recognized as furthering cause of father day but there is one personality whose name comes  first when we talk about father's day, Ms Sonora  Louise Smart, a great American daughter, considered as founder of Father's Day Festival.
Inception of the Father's Day took place in Sonora's mind when she heard about Mother's Day festival in 1909.Sonara in very Young age recognized the hardship of his father as he up bring six children alone Sonora's mother died when she was 16 during a childbirth. Sonora's father was a civil war veteran, his name was William Jackson, raised his six kids alone.

When Sonora put the idea of father's day festival before the people most of times she being criticized and
People made fun of her but she did not lose hope. Sonora efforts bear fruit when Spokane celebrated its first Father's Day on June 19, 1910 with the support of Spokane Ministerial Association and the local Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). In order to pay tribute to her Loving father, Sonora wished that father's day should be celebrated on June 5 as this was her father's birthday date but due to lack of preparation and time father's day festival was celebrated on third Sunday in month of June 5.

Sonora idea of celebrating Father's day gained so popularity in short time that US President Woodrow Wilson approved the festival in 1916. In other US Presidents, President Calvin Coolidge though supported the idea but it was President Lyndon Johnson who signed a Presidential Proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father's Day in 1966. Then in 1972, Father's Day started to be held on the third Sunday of June as President Richard Nixon announced it as national festival.