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their parents with two
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days: Mother's Day, on the second Sunday in
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, and Father's Day, on the third Sunday in June.
Mother's Day was proclaimed(宣布)a day for national festival 44
President Woodrow Wilson. He was the one who
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the second Sunday in May and also began the custom of
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a carnation(康乃馨).
In 1909, Mrs. Dodd thought of the idea of a day to honor fathers. She wanted to honor her
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father, William Smart .After her mother died, he had the responsibility of
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a family of five sons and a daughter. In 1910, the first Father's Day was
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in Spokane .Senator Margaret Chase Smith helped to
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Father's Day as a national memorial day, in 1972.
These days are set aside to show
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and respect for parents. They raise their children and
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them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care.
The two special days are celebrated in many
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ways. On Mother's Day people wear
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.A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is
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