學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精備課資料HistoryofMother'sDayIntheU.S。,Mother'sDayisaholidaycelebratedonthesecondSundayinMay.Itisadaywhenchildrenhonortheirmotherswithcards,gifts,andflowers。FirstobservanceinPhiladelphia，Althoughitwasn’tcelebratedintheU.S.until1907,thereweredayshonoringmotherseveninthedaysofancientGreece。Inthosedays，however,itwasRhea,theMotherofthegodsthatwasgivenhonor。Later，inthe1600’s，inEnglandtherewasanannualobservancecalled“MotheringSunday”。ItwascelebratedduringJune,onthefourthSunday。OnMotheringSunday,theservants,whogenerallylivedwiththeiremployers，wereencouragedtoreturnhomeandhonortheirmothers。Itwastraditionalforthemtobringaspecialcakealongtocelebratetheoccasion.IntheU.S.,in1907AnaJarvis,fromPhiladelphia，beganacampaigntoestablishanationalMother'sDay.Jarvispersuadedhermother'schurchinGrafton，WestVirginiatocelebrateMother'sDayonthesecondanniversaryofhermother’sdeath,the2ndSundayofMay。ThenextyearMother’sDaywasalsocelebratedinPhiladelphia。Jarvisandothersbeganaletter-writingcampaigntoministers，businessmen,andpoliticiansintheirquesttoestablishanationalMother’sDay。Theyweresuccessful。PresidentWoodrowWilson，in1914，madetheofficialannouncementproclaimingMother’sDayanationalobservancethatwastobeheldeachyearonthe2ndSundayofMay。ManyothercountriesoftheworldcelebratetheirownMother’sDayatdifferenttimesthroughouttheyear.Denmark，Finland，Italy,Turkey，Australia，andBelgiumcelebrateMother’sDayonthesecondSundayinMay，asintheU.S.Father’sDayTheThirdSundayinJuneTheUnitedStatesisoneofthefewcountriesintheworldthathasanofficialdayonwhichfathersarehonoredbytheirchildren.OnthethirdSundayinJune,fathersallacrosstheUnitedStatesaregivenpresents,treatedtodinnerorotherwisemadetofeelspecial。TheoriginofFather'sDayisnotclear.SomesaythatitbeganwithachurchserviceinWestVirginiain1908.OtherssaythefirstFather’sDayceremonywasheldinVancouver，ThepresidentoftheChicagobranch(分部)oftheLionsClub,HarryMeek,issaidtohavecelebratedthefirstFather'sDaywithhisorganizationin1915，andthedaythattheychosewasthethirdSundayinJune，theclosestdatetoMeek’sownbirthday!RegardlessofwhenthefirsttrueFather'sDayoccurred，thestrongestpromoteroftheholidaywasMrs.BruceJohnDoddofSpokane,In1909,Mrs.DoddapproachedherownministerandothersinSpokaneabouthavingachurchservicededicatedtofathersonJune5，herfather’sbirthday。Thatdatewastoosoonforherministertopreparetheservice,sohespokeafewweekslateronJune19th。Fromthenon,thestateofWashingtoncelebratedthethirdSundayinJuneasFather’sDay。Childrenmadespecialdesserts，orvisitedtheirfathersiftheylivedapart.Statesandorganizationsbeganlobbying(游說)theCongresstodeclareanannualFather’sDay.In1916,PresidentWoodrowWilsonapprovedofthisidea,butitwasnotuntil1924whenPresidentCalvinCoolidgemadeitanationaleventto“establishmoreintimaterelationsbetweenfathersandtheirchildrenandtoimpressuponfathersthefullmeasureoftheirobligations”.Sincethen，fathershadbeenhonoredandrecognizedbytheirfamiliesthroughoutthecountryonthethirdSundayinJune.Whenchildrencan’tvisittheirfathersortakethemouttodinner，