Join me at the Honolulu Academy of Arts this Sunday, June 21, 2009, FATHER’S DAY. “FAMOUS FATHERS”
The event is open at 11am, but I’ll be sponsoring the Parent’s Without Partners (PWP), Hawaii Chapter 151 gathering at about 1pm.
Keiki get to explore works of art with the search and find game provided. Prizes are awarded to anyone who finishes. Members get lunch subsidy.
Just a few facts about Father’s Day from Ned Holstein at FathersandFamilies.
Father’s Day is June 21.
Below is a little history on this wonderful holiday:
* In 1910, the city of Spokane, Washington celebrated the first Father’s Day.
* In 1924, the third Sunday in June was proclaimed Father’s Day by President Calvin Coolidge.
* In 1926, the National Father’s Day Committee was formed in New York City.
* In 1956, Congress recognized Father’s Day as a holiday.
* In 1966, a presidential proclamation by Lyndon B. Johnson declared the third Sunday of June officially Father’s Day.
* In 1972, President Richard Nixon made the third Sunday in June a permanent national observance of Father’s Day.
