When Is Father’s Day 2024? Quotes, History And Celebration Ideas

June 29, 2024 by Penny Gusner

Upcoming Father’s Day Dates 2024, 2025, 2026

Year	Date
2024	Sunday, June 16
2025	Sunday, June 15
2026	Sunday, June 21

Is Father’s Day on the same date every year?

Father’s Day is observed yearly on the third Sunday of June, unlike holidays such as Christmas or July 4th, which consistently fall on the same date each year. In 2024, Father’s Day will be on Sunday, June 16th, and in 2023 it was celebrated on June 18th. Next year, Father’s Day is set to occur a little earlier than usual, on Sunday, June 15th, 2025.

Why do we celebrate Father’s Day?

The concept of a day honoring fathers can be traced back to the early 1900s when Sonora Smart Dodd, whose mother passed away during childbirth, was raised by her father, a Civil War veteran named William Smart. In 1910, Dodd proposed a day to recognize fathers in a similar way to how mothers are honored. The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19 of that year, chosen by Dodd to coincide with her father’s birthday month.

The history of Father’s Day

Dodd initiated the inaugural Father’s Day over one hundred years ago, but it took decades for it to be recognized as an official holiday. Despite this, the observance gained popularity rapidly, with Father’s Day being celebrated nationwide in the United States and adopting the rose as its symbol. Wearing a colored rose indicated a father who was alive, while a white rose signified a deceased father. Throughout the years, several presidents such as Calvin Coolidge and Lyndon B. Johnson acknowledged the occasion, yet it was not until President Richard Nixon issued a proclamation in 1972 that Father’s Day was established as an official holiday on the national calendar.

The Struggle To Make Father’s Day A Holiday

Dodd presented her proposal for an annual Father’s Day observance to the Spokane Ministerial Association and the local YMCA on June 6, 1910, receiving strong support. The inaugural Father’s Day celebration in Spokane took place on June 19, 1910, featuring heartfelt speeches by various pastors. Woodrow Wilson became the first U.S. President to mark the day in 1916, endorsing the idea and advocating for it to become a national holiday despite initial congressional concerns about overshadowing Mother’s Day and commercialization risks.

Undaunted, Dodd embarked on a journey to garner fathers’ support by speaking publicly, but faced harsh criticism. Fathers mocked her efforts, suggesting a national fishing day instead of Father’s Day. Despite President Calvin Coolidge’s encouragement for states to observe the day, he declined to issue an official proclamation. In the 1930s, there was a push to merge Mother’s Day and Father’s Day into a “Parent’s Day.” The “Father’s Day Council,” supported by men’s clothing retailers, failed to establish the holiday by 1938, only achieving recognition on calendars as the third Sunday in June. The public showed little interest in purchasing unnecessary gifts for fathers.

Father’s Day Date 2024

This year, we honor our fathers on June 16th. It’s an opportunity to show them our love and gratitude. If you’re searching for a present, we have suggestions in our guide to help you make your dad feel valued.

Significance of World Father’s Day 2024

For Laughter and Fun

Fathers have a knack for bringing laughter, even with their silly antics. The jokes that once elicited eye-rolls from us now turn into amusing anecdotes we cherish.

They Teach Us Important Things

Fathers make wonderful educators, demonstrating tasks such as repairing items and managing household duties, passing on their wisdom through generations.

They’re Always Patient

Fathers endure many things, such as engaging in make-believe games and adjusting to new pets. Despite initial reluctance, they consistently demonstrate patience and affection. We appreciate their efforts. Father’s Day goes beyond being just a date marked on the calendar. It presents an opportunity to express gratitude to the significant figures we refer to as dad. Let’s seize the day to show our appreciation, build lasting memories, and honor the heroes in our life.

Quotes on Fathers

• “A father’s love is the sun that shines on a child’s life, filling it with light and warmth.” – Hettie Bancroft
• “No man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.” – Hedy Lamarr
• “It is a wise father that knows his own child.” – William Shakespeare
• “There’s no substitute for a good father.” – Reed Markham
• “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” – Antoine Francois Prevost
• “Dads are the most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song.” – Pam Brown
• “One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” – George Herbert
• “A father doesn’t tell you that he loves you. He shows you.” – Dimitri Merezhkovsky
• “When you ask a dad what life is like after kids, he’ll probably just grunt.” – Ryan Reynolds
• “There’s something like a little boy about every man. And somewhere in every woman, the image of her father.” – Sigmund Freud
• “It is not what a father does to earn his living that makes him a good father, it is what he gives of himself that matters.” – Howard Hendrix
• “My father used to say that it’s never too late to be what you might have been. And he should know. By the time he was my age he was already twice my age.” – Charles Wadsworth
• “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
• “You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like heroes, they’ll become them.” – Walter M. Schirra Jr.
• “The role of a father in a child’s life is irreplaceable.” – Joseph R. Biden
• “It is not flesh and blood but the heart that makes us fathers and sons.” – Friedrich von Schiller”

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