tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341048312405719251.post8253763631184217508..comments2022-03-16T07:01:47.066-04:00Comments on Leaves on the Trudgian Tree: A Shooting in GalenaSheryl Trudgian Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890748939790552251noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341048312405719251.post-24422948765815953222011-06-19T11:47:43.716-04:002011-06-19T11:47:43.716-04:00Although Father's Day was celebrated in some p...Although Father's Day was celebrated in some parts of the U.S. in the early 1900's Lillian never notes the holiday in any of her diary entries during 1913 thru 1931. Father's Day was made official in 1924 by President Coolidge, to be celebrated the third June.<br /><br />One important promoter of Father's Day was Sonora Smart Dodd, whose father, Civil War veteran Henry Jackson Smart, raised his children as a single parent after the death of their mother. During a 1909 church service honoring mothers, Sonora thought of her father and how he struggled to raise six children. Her memories lead her to become a leading voice in the movement for an official Father's Day.<br />Sonora convinced her minister to dedicate a church service to fathers. The first service was on the third Sunday in June in 1909. In following years the event caught on, spreading across Sonora's home state of Washington.<br /><br />Individuals, organizations, and states lobbied Congress to declare Father's Day a national event. President Woodrow Wilson approved a special Father's Day in 1916, but it didn't become an official annual event until 1924, when President Calvin Coolidge signed a resolution to "establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations."Sheryl Trudgian Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890748939790552251noreply@blogger.com