By Marina Charalambous

June 15! OR Father’s Day! Undoubtedly, it doesn’t have as much way as the Mother’s Daynot so much projection. But there is to remind us of all those dads who are always there.

Even if some fathers have left us close to us, their presence stays in the memories, values ​​and lessons they left us. They are there in the small times when we remember their smile, the power they gave us when we felt weak, and in the tranquility we feel when we think of their hugs. Their love never erases.

How was the father’s feast established

The first organized celebration for Father’s Day was held at July 5, 1908 to West Virginia. It was an idea of ​​her Grace Golden Claytonwho wanted to honor the memory of the 210 fathers who had lost their lives in a tragic accident in mine at Only him December of 1907. She chose the closest Sunday on her father’s birthday, which she had recently died to organize this first celebration. Despite good intention and deep emotion, that event went almost unnoticed, as it was overshadowed by other events in the city and failed to formally establish it.

Two years later, the 1910the Sonora Smart Dodd by Washingtonwithout knowing Clayton’s effort, she organized her own father’s celebration. She wanted to honor her father, a veteran of the American Civil War, who raised his six children on his own. Her celebration Sonora He got much more attention and began to gain ground across the country.

Despite the efforts, the father’s day was officially established only several years later. The 1972the president Richard nixon He signed a law set on Tuesday on Sunday of June as an official celebration day for all fathers in the United States.

Today, the Father’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, including Greece. A beautiful opportunity for more and more to honor their fathers, not necessarily with gifts, but mainly with love, presence and gratitude.