Happy Father's Day!

[Marine84]

Hope all you Daddies out there have a great day today!

[thedrifter]

Happy Fathers Day!

Fathers are wonderful people

Fathers are wonderful people,
too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
as often as we should,

For Father struggles daily
to live up to his image
As protector and provider
and hero of the scrimmage,

And perhaps that is the reason
we sometimes get the notion
That fathers are not subject
to the thing we call emotion.

But if you look inside Dad's heart,
where no one else can see,
You'll find he's sentimental
and soft as he can be.

Fathers are just wonderful
in a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
and accolades of praise,

For the only reason Dad aspires
to fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
and bring them happiness,

And like our heavenly Father,
he's a guardian and a guide,
Someone we can count on
to be always on our side.

Ellie

[jetdoc]

Thank you from this one dad!!

[A V Cioffi]

Happy Father's Day to all of you Marine dad's out there, home and abroad!
Semper Fi.

www.cioffiart.com

[thedrifter]

Father's Day: Origin and Facts

LiveScience Staff

LiveScience.com
Sat Jun 14, 12:35 PM ET

The idea of Father's Day was conceived by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm.

A day in June was chosen for the first Father's Day celebration-June 19, 1910, proclaimed by Spokane's mayor because it was the month of William Smart's birth.

The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. Father's Day has been celebrated annually since 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed the public law that made it permanent.

Some discoveries to ponder on Father's Day:
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Men More Forgetful Than Women

And some Father's Day numbers:

64 million: Estimated number of fathers in the United States today.

26.4 million: Fathers with children under 18 and wives in a family setting.

2.3 million: Number of single fathers with children under 18, up from 400,000 in 1970. Currently, among single parents living with their children, 18 percent are men.

105 million: The number of Father's Day cards expected to be given this year in the United States, making Father's Day the fourch-largest card-sending occasion.

50: Percentage of all Father's Day cards that are purchased specifically by sons or daughters. Nearly 20 percent of Father's Day cards are purchased by wives for their husbands; the remaining cards are bought for grandfathers, sons, brothers, uncles and "someone special."

73: Percentage of Americans who plan to celebrate or acknowledge Father's Day.

143,000: Estimated number of "stay-at-home" dads, defined as married fathers with children under 15 years old have remained out of the labor force for more than one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home.

32: Percentage of fathers who regularly worked evening or night shifts and were the primary source of care for their preschoolers during their children's mother's working hours.

4.6 million: Fathers who provide child support. All in all, 84 percent of child-support providers are men, who provide median payments of $3,600 annually.
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SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau; Hallmark
Original Story: Father's Day: Origin and Facts

Ellie

[ecfree]

Hey HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all MARINES everywhere.....

[jawhed]

from one dad to all dads be proud of your sons for one day they will make you a granddad!! happy fathersday

[davblay]

Happy Fathers day to all you Dads out there, and Semper Fi from this old tired dad!

Dave

[JAGarland]

Happy Father's Day!!

[ggyoung]

Thank you everyone. And happy father day to all dads.

[jrhd97]

Happy Fathers Day, and thank you.
You know it's Fathers Day when you get to sleep in and have breakfast already on the table when you get up.

[FistFu68]

I'LL DRINK TOO THAT THANX

[Jim Oliver]

Thank you from a dad X3