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He Father’s day It is celebrated on the third Sunday in June, so the date varies from year to year. In 2024, the day falls on Sunday the 16th, so many take the opportunity to give gifts and send messages of appreciation and gratitude to parents and father figures through social networks and WhatsApp.
This year, the date coincides with a long weekendsince Monday the 17th commemorates the Passage to the Immortality of General Martín Güemes with a holiday at the national level.
The following phrases are ideal to send to father figures on their day:
This tradition dates back to 1909 in the United States, more precisely in the city of Spokane. There, a woman called Sonora Smart Dodd asked to the ecclesiastical authorities to hold a sermon similar to that of the Mother’s day but intended for parents. She had a lot to thank her father for, William Smart a veteran of the American Civil War (1860-1865) who had raised her alone with her five siblings after Sonora’s mother died giving birth to the last of them.
His first proposal was to celebrate it on June 6, the day William was born. But the celebration took its current form since, in order to get the preparations right, the shepherds requested to change the day to the 19th, which that year was the third Sunday of the month. The event It was adopted the following year in the state of Washington and soon became popular throughout the North American country. In 1966 the president Lyndon B. Johnson recognized it as a national holiday and in 1972 it was officially proclaimed by his successor, Richard Nixon.
In Argentina this festival was adopted in the 60’s, although previously the Father’s day another day was commemorated. Previously, it was celebrated on August 24 in honor of the General José de San Martínconsidered the “Father of the Nation”. The date was chosen for the birth of Mercedes Martín Climbingthe only daughter of the liberator and his wife, Climbing Remedies. This festival was held for the first time in 1958, as a way to honor the liberator of our country, Chile and Peru. Later, in the 1960s, the country adopted the American calendar.
Besides the Argentinaother South American countries such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela adopted this celebration of the Father’s day. The date is replicated in European nations such as Albania, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Czech Republic, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
However, not all parents in the world will receive greetings this June 19, since there are countries such as Spain, Bolivia, Croatia, Honduras, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland that celebrate their Father’s day on March 19, a definition that has a Catholic origin since it is the St. Joseph’s Daythe father of Jesus of Nazareth.
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