2011初中生小学生感恩父亲节英语作文大全

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父亲节是六月的第三个星期日，它的设立源于母亲节，因为一些人认为如果有了母亲节，也应有父亲节。另一个原因是一些商家促使人们从他们商店或公司为父亲买礼物的一种好方式。

　　Father's Day

　　Father's Day comes on the 3rd Sunday in June. Father's Day was started because there was a Mother's Day. Some people thought that if we had a Mother's Day， we should also have a Father's Day. The other reason is that businessmen found it was a good way to get people to buy a gift for their father， a gift from their store or their company.

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小学生感恩父亲节英语作文

Father's Day， contrary to popular misconception， was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards！

　　Mrs. John B. Dodd， of Washington， first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father， William Smart. William Smart， a Civil War veteran， was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with 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. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.

　　The first Father's Day was observed on June 19， 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day." In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.

　　Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father， but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers， uncles， grandfathers， and adult male friends are all honored on Father's Day.