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Celebrating
Father's Day
third Sunday in June

This is the day we take time out to honor our fathers, grandfathers and those "significant other" men that have influenced our lives for the good. We tend to get together -- perhaps have a barbeque. This is when we give Dad the time he needs to relax and do the things he likes. 

Kids make neat cards in school, agree to wash the car, mow the lawn & empty the garbage without being asked. All this, so Dad won't have to do it this week! Make Dad's favorite goodies and make him feel like a KING!

For many, our fathers have passed away so "Father's Day" takes on a new meaning. We can honor our forefathers by doing our family history, and writing our recollections of our fathers and grandfathers -- thereby giving a sense of "who we are" to the generations that follow.

HISTORY - "The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children." 

"The majority will have no knowledge of the fact that the first Father's Day observance was held on July 5, 1908, at Fairmont, West Virginia. In 1908, as Independence Day neared, Mrs. Charles (Grace) Clayton at Fairmont continued to think how important and how loved most fathers are. [...] Just two months earlier, on May 10, 1908, Mother's Day had originated some 20 miles away at Webster, W. Va. (near Grafton).." See: http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/fathersday.html 

"The president of the Chicago branch of the Lions' Club, Harry Meek, is said to have celebrated the first Father's Day with his organization in 1915; and the day that they chose was the third Sunday in June..." For more details see: http://peninsulaclarion.com/fathersday/history.html

CARDS  - Perhaps you'd like to create a Father's Day card online, to honor that special man in your life. Here are some great web sites to do just that!

• About.com's Father's Day Cards
• Billy Bear's Happy Father's Day including Story Books, Promise Cards,
  • Rake Leaves
  • Milk the Cows
  • Pump Gas
  • Mow the Grass
• FathersDay-Cards.com
• at Blue Mountain Arts
• Father's Day Graphics
• Father's Day Printables from FamilyEducation.com
  • Father's Day Cards
  • Promise Notes for Dad

LINKS 

• Center For Successful Fathering
• FamilyEducation.com's Father's Day (Take their POP quiz!)
• Father's Day on the Net
• Father's Day Tribute - by DearMYRTLE
  • Happy Birthday Dad!
  • My Dad - Tribute to my Dad!
• Father's Day Fanfare provides the following web links:
  • 2,000 Years of the Necktie
  • Father's Day Quiz
• Genealogy Forum News -  THEME: Fathers and Grandfathers
  • Dad's Mysterious Background
  • My Father
  • My Father: The Story He Didn't Tell Us
  • Grandpa Nat
  • Grandpa's Origins: Tale of a British Home Child
• Celebrating Dad's First Father's Day: 5 Tips to Make It Fun - from iVillage.com
• Celebrate dad: Stories from the heart - from iVillage.com

PROJECTS

• Create Your Own Private Web Page at
• Dad's Survival Kit
• Father's Day Activities
• Father's Day Projects from About.com
• Giraffe Pencil Holder (WOW!)
• Father's Day Tee-Shirt Project from iVillage.com