FATHERS AND SONS

Fathers' Day
The first observance of Father's Day took place in Fairmont, West Virginia 

on

July 5, 1908

It was organized by Mrs. Grace Golden Clayton, who wanted to celebrate the lives of the 210 fathers who had been lost in the Monogah Mining disaster

several months earlier on December 6, 1907.

It's possible that Clayton was influenced by the first celebration of Mother's Day that same year, just a few miles away.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day

Fathers and Sons

(a clumsy Pantoume)
by Ms.

In the name of The Father
and of The Son,
the call to gather
has just begun.

And, of the Son,
it could be said
the call to gather's
within his head.

It could be said,
that duty calls,  
within his head-
inevitably falls.

That duty, calls
resounds in space,
inevitably falls-
from root to place.

Resounds in space,
an ancient gene
inevitably falls-
in light - is seen.

An ancient gene,
hidden in the heart,
in light - is seen-
to stand apart.

Hidden in the heart
it calls him home,
to stand apart-
acknowledge his own.

In the name of the father,
he answers his heart,
the call to gather-  
unite what has grown apart.

He answers the call of his heart   
"unite what has grown apart"-
  so hurry's to praise
that father who gave his days.

&

On the lighter side-
The New Yorker 

Animation

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Frazier
Season 10, Episode 22 Aired: 5/6/2003
Fathers and Sons

And


The Ten Worst Film Fathers
For Balance
http://flavorwire.com/187864/the-10-worst-dads-in-film-history

Happy Father's Day
All You "Best Fathers"