父亲节的英文介绍.docx

父亲节的英文介绍.docx父亲节的英文介绍
父亲节英语作文：父亲节英语介绍 happy fathers daythe origin of fathers day is not clear. some say that it began with a church service in west virginia in 1908. others say the first fathers day ceremony was held in vancouver, washington.
regardless of when the first true fathers day occurred, the strongest promoter of the holiday was mrs. bruce john dodd of spokane, washington. she thought of the idea for fathers day while listening to a mothers day sermon in 1909.
sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, william smart. smart, who was a civil war veteran, was widowed when his 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.
after sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. it was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. in 1909, mrs. dodd approached her own minister and others in spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on june 5, her fathers date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on june 19th. from then on, the state of washington celebrated the third sunday in june as fathers day. children made special