Carlsbadistan’s Jeff Jarrard, 35, (and his children Kennedy, 6; London, 5; baby Kingston, one month, and Emerson, 16 months) was featured in a San Diego Union-Tribune story on the history, inspiration and other data behind Father’s Day.
Father’s Day lags Mother’s Day in one other way – it became an official holiday 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson’s 1914 order honoring motherhood. . . . The inspiration for Father’s Day came from an original Mr. Mom – William Jackson Smart from Spokane, Wash., who raised six children after his wife died. After hearing a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909, Smart’s daughter encouraged churches to add a Father’s Day observance. The idea caught on, but it wasn’t until 1972 that President Richard Nixon signed it into law.
Happy Father’s Day to all the guys who care, love, and support their families.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Beautiful children. Love the Carlsbad blog. Keep up the great work.
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