In early times, wearing flowers was a traditional way of celebrating Father's Day. Mrs. Dodd favored the red rose to honor a father still living, while a white flower honored a deceased dad. J.H. Berringer, who also held Father's Day celebrations in Washington State as early as 1912, chose a white lilac as the Father's Day Flower.

　　States and organizations began lobbying Congress to declare an annual Father's Day. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea, but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to "establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations."

　　Since then, fathers had been honored and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third Sunday in June. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day and put the official stamp on a celebration that was going on for almost half a century.

　　When children can't visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental. Most greeting cards are whimsicalso fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad.

　　美国是世界上为数不多的有父亲节的国家之一,这一天，父亲被孩子们尊敬。六月的第三个星期日,父亲们在美国各地有礼物收，可以一起吃饭或其他的活动，感觉特别的好。

　　父亲节的起源尚不清楚。有人说,它始于1908年在西维吉尼亚州的教会服务。其他人说,举行了第一次父亲节仪式是在温哥华，华盛顿。

　　不管第一个真正的父亲节是哪个,这个节日最积极的倡导者的布鲁斯约翰多德夫人斯波坎,华盛顿。她有这个想法是因为母亲节布道。