Father’s Day: History and Origins

Few countries in the world celebrate Father’s Day on March 19. In fact the origin of this date back to Catholic custom to associate the anniversary of St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus So, traditionally Catholic countries such as Spain celebrate this day. In most countries, however, Father’s Day falls on the third Sunday in June.

The origin of this holiday you do in fact attributable to the United States where Mrs. Smart DR, at the beginning of the twentieth century, he asked to formalize Father’s Day and she organized a celebration on June 19, 1910, the birthday of his father. Since 1924 was declared a national holiday and during the Johnson presidency that had settled on the third Sunday of June. The countries that follow the American tradition are many, including Cuba, France, Hungary and Venezuela.

In South America, the Father’s Day is a celebration deeply felt: we celebrate dads and uncles and even grandparents and tradition is a gift. In Argentina they celebrate the first time August 24, 1958, at the anniversary of José de San Martin, the father of the country, the year after Father’s Day is celebrated as the United States.