https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> Did you know? In the US, #FathersDay https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> was created out of grief https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz">

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On 6th December 1907, over 360 men died in the country’s worst mining accident. 210 of them were fathers https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👨‍👦" title="Familie (Mann, Junge)" aria-label="Emoji: Familie (Mann, Junge)">

A young woman called Grace Golden Clayton, who was mourning the death of her father from years before, recognised how many children and widows would now be grieving https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz">

And so she suggested to her local church that they dedicate a day to remember all the fathers that had died. She chose the Sunday closest to her Father& #39;s birthday, which was 5th July 1908 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌟" title="Leuchtender Stern" aria-label="Emoji: Leuchtender Stern">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⛪" title="Kirche" aria-label="Emoji: Kirche">

It was two years later that the next officially recorded observance of Father& #39;s Day took place, also thanks to similar efforts from Sonora Smart Dodd, who had lost her mother during childbirth leaving her father to raise 6 children on his own https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧒" title="Kind" aria-label="Emoji: Kind">

After hearing about Mother& #39;s Day, Sonora suggested to her local church that they do a similar day to celebrate all fathers.

News spread quickly, celebrated every year from then on. And in 1972 the day became a nationally recognised federal holiday https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten">

While many of us will be honouring our fathers this #FathersDay https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, let& #39;s not forgot those who will be honouring and remembering those no longer with us.

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