每年六月的第三个星期日是“父亲节”（Father's Day），和“母亲节”一样，“父亲节”也起源于美国。1909年，一位名叫多伍德的女士在美国首都华盛顿特区（Washington D．C．）传播“母亲节”。在此期间，她想到了父亲。在她很小的时候，母亲离开了人世，父亲不得不艰难地独自担负起抚养孩子的家庭重担。过去的情景，又一幕幕地在她的脑海里浮现。多伍德女士深深地感到设立父亲节的必要。她向社会呼吁，引起了人们的积极响应，六月的第三个星期日被选为“父亲节”。在1910年6月，美国庆祝了第一个“父亲节”。当时凡是父亲还健在的人都在胸前佩戴一朵红玫瑰花，以表达对父亲的敬意；而父亲已故去的人，则佩戴一朵白玫瑰花，以此表达对父亲的无限怀念和哀思。

1927年，卡尔文·柯立芝总统办公室对这一节日表示了赞同。从此，“父亲节”为越来越多的人所知道并流传下来。同学们，你们可曾想到在“父亲节”来临之时，为辛勤操劳的父亲送点礼物吗？

From Wikipidia

In the United States, the first modern Father's Day celebration was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia. [1][2] It was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the service to the pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy. Another possible inspiration for the service was Mother's Day, which had recently been celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles away. Father's day originates as far back as 1839 in celebration of the fathers that went to war in the Battle of Iransop in which 123 fathers lost their lives defending the outpost.

Another driving force behind the establishment of the integration of Father's Day was Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, as a single parent reared his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, the anniversary of her father's death, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first June Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, WA.

Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made Father's Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting male-oriented gifts such as electronics ,tools and greeting cards. Schools and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.