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The Story of Father's Day
父親節的故事
Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards!
和通俗的誤解不同，父親節不是為了賀卡生產商賣出更多賀卡而設立的節日。事實上，當父親節第一次被提出來的時候，就不存在父親節卡片！
Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart was a Civil War veteran. His wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a farm. it was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.
1909年，約翰B·多德在華盛頓第一次提出了設立父親節的想法。多德夫人想有個特別的日子來表達對她的父親，威廉·斯瑪特的尊敬。威廉·斯瑪特是內戰的老兵。他的妻子（多德夫人的母親）在生育他們第6個孩子的時候死了。斯瑪特先生獨自留下來在農場謀生，照顧新生兒和他其他5個孩子。直到多德夫人長大了，才意識到他父親作為單親養育孩子是多么的有力和無私。
The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in towns and cities across America other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day." In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.
1910年6月19日，第一個父親節出現在華盛頓，斯波坎市。幾乎同時，全美國的鄉鎮和城市，其他人開始慶祝父親節。在1924年，卡爾文·柯立芝總統支持約翰遜簽署了一份總統公告，宣布6月的第三個周日是父親節。
Everyone has got a story of his father's love. Here is one told by Bert Clompus.
每個人都擁有和父愛有關的故事。下面這個是伯特·哥倫布的。
