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Articles: Arts and Culture | Father's day
- Mr. VIRABHADRA SASTRI KALANADHABHATTA
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December 5: Thailand
February 23: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
March 19: Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
May 5: Romania
May 8: South Korea (Parents' Day)
Ascension Day: Germany
First Sunday of June: Lithuania
June 5 (Constitution Day): Denmark
Second Sunday of June: Austria, Belgium, Ecuador
June 17: El Salvador, Guatemala
International history and traditions
United States
In the United States, the first modern Father's Day celebration was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia. [1][2] It was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the service to the pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy. Another possible inspiration for the service was Mother's Day, which had recently been celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles away.
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