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Google presented this Sunday, June 16, a new Doodle in tribute to Father’s day which is commemorated today both in Argentina and in other countries around the world.
On this occasion, upon entering Google com, You can see a drawing that imitates a children’s illustration, where there is a father and his son kneeling and playing on some tables. Next to it there is a cat on a television and a plant, indicating that the family is in a home environment.
He google doodle Its objective is to celebrate or commemorate events, achievements or people that have marked a before and after in the world. In that sense, the internet server changes its logo on the home page for one day.
Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June. It is a celebration in which all the father figures of the different types of families that exist. On this day, it is customary to greet parents with a special message, have a family celebration and dedicate a gift. This is done in a large number of countries, as is the case of the Argentinaas well as in USA, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Greece, India, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, United Kingdom, South Africa, Türkiyeamong others.
But, Where did this holiday come from? Each nation has a date designated for this celebration. For example, Spain, Bolivia, Croatia, Honduras, Italy, Portugal and Swiss who celebrate their Father’s day he March, 19: definition that has a Catholic origin, since it is the St. Joseph’s Day, the father of Jesus of Nazareth. However, many places joined the American celebration, which emerged in the mid-20th century and quickly gained a lot of popularity.
The history of this celebration dates back to the city of Spokanein Washington State, USA. Sonora Smart Dodd promoted a tribute to his father, William Smarta farmer and Civil War veteran, whose wife – Ellen Victory Cheek-Billingsley – died while giving birth to their sixth child, so he was forced to raise them alone.
Her father’s efforts were imprinted in this woman’s memory. When she went to the Central United Methodist Church in 1909 to hear the sermon by the Mother’s Daywhich takes place on the second Sunday in May, it occurred to him that parents deserved to have a similar date that celebrated them. parents. Thus, he proposed to the ecclesiastical authorities that on June 6, William Smart’s birth date, the parents be included in the sermon.
The Church took this proposal with joy, but they decided to change the date to 19, third Sunday of the month, to be able to arrive well with the preparations. In this way, 1910 was the first recorded year in which the Father’s day. This commemorative date was received with great enthusiasm, to the point that the mayor of the city and the governor of Washington decreed that it be done at both the municipal and state levels.
The celebration expanded throughout the North American nation, until, in 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued a proclamation recognizing the celebration. In any case, it was in 1972 when it became a national holiday, when President Richard Nixon decreed that the third Sunday in June would be the Father’s day, from there on.
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