父亲节的由来英文简短(2)

　　不论何时,第一个真正的父亲节发生,最有力的推进假日是布鲁斯斯多德夫人的约翰,华盛顿。多德夫人认为她已一个杰出的父亲。他是个退伍老兵的内战。他的妻子已经死了年轻,使他的六个孩子没有他们的母亲。

　　In 1909, Mrs. Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on June 5, her father's birthday. That date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th. From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. Children made special desserts, or visited their fathers if they lived apart.

　　1909年,多德夫人走近她自己的部长和其他有一个教堂在华盛顿州的服务竭诚为父亲6月5日,她父亲的生日。很快这个日子太近,牧师来不及准备,所以他说服务几周后的6月19th。从那时起,华盛顿州的在六月的第三个星期日庆祝父亲节。孩子们特别制作甜点,或去拜访父亲如果他们住分开。

　　States and organizations began lobbying Congress to declare an annual Father's Day. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea, but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to "establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations." Since then, fathers had been honored and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third Sunday in June.

　　国家和组织开始游说国会来声明一个年度父亲节。1916年,伍德罗·威尔逊总统同意这个想法,但是直到1924年当美国总统卡尔文·柯立芝使它一个全国性的活动建立更亲密的关系“在父亲和子女间并且使父亲铭记自己应尽的义务饱足。”从那时起,父亲表示敬意和认可他们的家庭全国各地在六月的第三个星期天。