(英会話リスニングスクリプト)
The idea of a special day to honor mothers
was first put forward in America in 1907.
Two years later a woman, Mrs John Bruce
Dodd, in the state of Washington proposed a similar day
to honor the head of the family - the father.
Her mother died when she was very young,
and she was brought up by her father.
She loved her father very much.
In response to Mrs Dodd's idea that same
year - 1909, the state governor of Washington officially
proclaimed the third Sunday in June Fathers Day.
The idea was officially approved by President
Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge recommended
national observance of the occasion "to establish closer
relations between fathers and their children, and to impress
upon fathers the full measure of their obligations."
The red or white rose is recognized as the
official Father's Day flower.
Father's Day took longer to establish on
a national scale than Mother's Day, but as the idea gained
popularity, tradesmen and manufacturers began to see the
commercial possibilities.
They encouraged sons and daughters to honor
their fathers with small.
Thank-you presents, such as a tie or a pair
of socks, as well as by sending greeting cards.
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