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The History of Father’s Day The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until 1972–58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official–that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States. Father’s Day 2020 occurs on Sunday, June 21. Mother’s Day: Inspiration for Father’s Day The “Mother’s Day” we celebrate today has its origins in the peace-and-reconciliation campaigns of the post-Civil War era. During the 1860s, at the urging of activist Ann Reeves Jarvis, one divided West Virginia town celebrated “Mother’s Work Days” that brought together the mothers of Confederate and Union soldiers. However, Mother’s Day did not become a commercial holiday until 1908, when–inspired by Jarvis’s daughter, Anna Jarvis, who wanted to honor her own mother by making Mother’s Day a national holiday–the John Wanamaker depart- ment store in Philadelphia sponsored a service dedicated to mothers in its auditorium. Thanks in large part to this association with retailers, who saw great potential for profit in the holiday, Mother ’s Day caught on right away. In 1909, 45 states observed the day, and in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson approved a resolu- tion that made the second Sunday in May a holiday in honor of “that tender, gentle army, the mothers of America. ” Origins of Father’s Day The campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm–perhaps because, as one florist explained, “fathers haven’t the same sentimental appeal that mothers have.” On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday ser- mon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous December ’s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday. The next year, a Spokane, Washington, woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shop- keepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day on June 19, 1910. Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spo- kane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to ob- serve Father’s Day. Today, the day honoring fathers is celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of June: Father ’s Day 2018 oc- curred on June 17; the following year, Father’s Day 2019 falls on June 16. In other countries–especially in Europe and Latin America–fathers are honored on St. Joseph’s Day, a traditional Catho- lic holiday that falls on March 19. Father’s Day: Controversy and Commercialism Many men, however, continued to disdain the day. As one historian writes, they “scoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products–often paid for by the father himself.” During the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied in New York City’s Central Park–a public reminder, said Parents’ Day activist and radio performer Robert Spere, “that both parents should be loved and respected together.” Paradoxically, however, the Great Depression derailed this effort to combine and de-commercialize the holidays. Strug- gling retailers and advertisers redoubled their efforts to make Father ’s Day a “second Christmas” for men, promoting goods such as neckties, hats, socks, pipes and tobacco, golf clubs and other sporting goods, and greeting cards. When World War II began, advertisers began to argue that celebrating Father’s Day was a way to honor American troops and support the war effort. By the end of the war, Father ’s Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national institution. In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday at last. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father ’s Day gifts. Source: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/fathers-day 2700 Burcham Dr. ~ East Lansing, MI 48823 ~ (517) 351-8377 Burcham Beat Volume 1, Issue 25 June 19, 2020 Happy Birthday June 20 Joseph Leshock June 20 Russell Meyers June 21 Lee Dalrymple June 21 Gunton Wilcox June 23 Patricia Abbott
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The History of Father’s Day The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until 1972–58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official–that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States. Father’s Day 2020 occurs on Sunday, June 21.
Mother’s Day: Inspiration for Father’s Day The “Mother’s Day” we celebrate today has its origins in the peace-and-reconciliation campaigns of the post-Civil War era. During the 1860s, at the urging of activist Ann Reeves Jarvis, one divided West Virginia town celebrated “Mother’s Work Days” that brought together the mothers of Confederate and Union soldiers.
However, Mother’s Day did not become a commercial holiday until 1908, when–inspired by Jarvis’s daughter, Anna Jarvis, who wanted to honor her own mother by making Mother’s Day a national holiday–the John Wanamaker depart-ment store in Philadelphia sponsored a service dedicated to mothers in its auditorium.
Thanks in large part to this association with retailers, who saw great potential for profit in the holiday, Mother’s Day caught on right away. In 1909, 45 states observed the day, and in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson approved a resolu-tion that made the second Sunday in May a holiday in honor of “that tender, gentle army, the mothers of America.”
Origins of Father’s Day The campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm–perhaps because, as one florist explained, “fathers haven’t the same sentimental appeal that mothers have.”
On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday ser-mon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous December’s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday.
The next year, a Spokane, Washington, woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shop-keepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day on June 19, 1910.
Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spo-kane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to ob-serve Father’s Day.
Today, the day honoring fathers is celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of June: Father’s Day 2018 oc-curred on June 17; the following year, Father’s Day 2019 falls on June 16. In other countries–especially in Europe and Latin America–fathers are honored on St. Joseph’s Day, a traditional Catho-lic holiday that falls on March 19.
Father’s Day: Controversy and Commercialism Many men, however, continued to disdain the day. As one historian writes, they “scoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products–often paid for by the father himself.”
During the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied in New York City’s Central Park–a public reminder, said Parents’ Day activist and radio performer Robert Spere, “that both parents should be loved and respected together.”
Paradoxically, however, the Great Depression derailed this effort to combine and de-commercialize the holidays. Strug-gling retailers and advertisers redoubled their efforts to make Father’s Day a “second Christmas” for men, promoting goods such as neckties, hats, socks, pipes and tobacco, golf clubs and other sporting goods, and greeting cards.
When World War II began, advertisers began to argue that celebrating Father’s Day was a way to honor American troops and support the war effort. By the end of the war, Father’s Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national institution.
In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday at last. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father’s Day gifts. Source: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/fathers-day
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Burcham Beat Volume 1, Issue 25 June 19, 2020
Happy Birthday June 20 Joseph Leshock
June 20 Russell Meyers
June 21 Lee Dalrymple
June 21 Gunton Wilcox
June 23 Patricia Abbott
April 2016 Page 2 June 19, 2020 Page 2
I would like to acknowledge Howard
Grider on Father’s Day. Howard is
the father of myself and my 11 sib-
lings along with a multitude of grand-
children, great grandchildren and
great, great grandchildren. What can
I say about a 94 year old man that so
many of us have looked up to for
guidance and support and love. He is
our rock and was always there for us.
It isn’t easy raising 12 children, but
my father always made sure we never
went without. We always had love
and the best education and
healthcare, he made sure of that.
We cherish the family yearly summer
trips, whether it be visiting relatives in Iowa, Indiana or Maryland or the family cottage at Lake Is-
abella that dad built by hand. Many happy memories. We wish dad a Happy Father’s Day 2020
and many more to come!
Cathy Perez
Clarence is pictured with his 3 children Jenifer,
Leslie and Kevin.
April 2016 Page 2 June 19, 2020 Page 2
Dennis spent a huge part of his life taking
pictures around the world. He also has a love of
trains and had a basement wall to wall with model
trains and the real life front end of one (pictured
right).
April 2016 Page 2 June 19, 2020 Page 2
Happy Father's Day
Dad! Although we are
somewhat apart, we are
still sharing some great
memories during this
time. Thanks for always
being there for your lit-
tle girl! I love you!
Kristen
Dr. Al Sparrow pictured
with his daughters
Suzanne (top left),
Cricket (top right),
Kathleen (bottom left),
Terri (bottom center),
and Michelle (bottom
right)
April 2016 Page 2 June 19, 2020 Page 2
Happy Father’s Day to our Dad and Grandpa, Bob
Muir!! What a wonderful family man and spiritual leader
he is! The love, care, guidance and Christian upbringing
you so generously gave is the cornerstone of our family.
We are blessed beyond measure to call you Dad. Have a
wonderful day, knowing that we are celebrating you from
all over the country! Love you, Jennifer & Brian, John &
Iris, Bob & Caroline, Andrea & Tom
Bob pictured above with
grandchildren Matt and
Megan; right with grand-
children Nina and Sam.
Bob pictured left
with wife, Lu,
daughter LuAnn,
and son-in-law,
Tom; below with
wife, Lu.
April 2016 Page 2 June 19, 2020 Page 2
Kimber Lucius, Recreation
and her dad, Stuart
Dad, Thanks for the genes
that provided my crazy good
looks!! Happy Father’s Day!
Love,
your favorite child ❤️
Taylor Bosom, Recreation
Therapist, and her dad, Larry.
Alesha Williams, Recreation Therapy Manager, and her
dad, Greg. Also pictured, are grandchildren, (from left to
right) Sebastian, Colt and Chloe.
Anna Fox, Volunteer & Employee
Wellness Coordinator, and her
dad Bob.
Robert is the father of
SarahKate Van Auker, Stone-
Briar Residency Counselor.
He is pictured here with
grandson, Robbie, his name-
sake.
April 2016 Page 2 June 19, 2020 Page 3
Jen Sokol, Hospitality
Services Director, and her
Dad, Steve.
Joey is the
husband of Taylor
Dungerow, RC
Clinical Manager,
pictured (top) with
their son, Jack and
(left) daughter,
Charlotte.
David, is the father of Cheryl Coslow,
Clinical Nutrition Manager, and is pictured
above with Cheryl’s daughter Bronte.
Marisa Jones,
Med Tech,
with her father,
Leary, at
one of her
races.
Tyler Gardner, Fit Tech, and his father,
Buster.
Dad,
You are the
greatest!
April 2016 Page 2 June 19, 2020 Page 4
Recreation Team
Alesha Williams, CTRS
Recreation Manager
Ext. 417 or 827-1068
Resident Center
Ext. 277 or 827-1061 Sarah Schimm
RC Recreation Assistant
Matthew Bebermeyer
MC Recreation Assistant
Center for Health & Rehab
Ext. 277 or 827-1061 Taylor Bosom, CTRS
CHR Recreation Therapist
Maegan Anderson, CTRS
2&3CHR Recreation Therapist
Brittany Pernak, CTRS
CHR Recreation Therapist
Eldon Wood
2&3CHR Recreation Lead
Events
Ext. 435 or 332-5227 Kimber Lucius
Recreation Events Planning
Volunteers
Ext. 427 or 827-1060 Anna Fox
Volunteer Coordinator and
Employee Wellness Coordinator
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