Sunday, June 15, 2014

Happy 36 U.S.C. § 109!

During Richard Nixon’s presidency, Congress, by joint resolution, designated the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.  In a proclamation, President Nixon observed that “In fatherhood we know the elemental magic and joy of humanity.”  Proclamation No. 4127, 26 Stat. 1629 (1972).

The Father’s Day law urges people to offer “public and private expressions of … abiding love and gratitude” toward their fathers on this day. Originally codified at 36 U.S.C. § 142a, the law was modified slightly in 1998 and is now found at 36 U.S.C. § 109 (2014).

So . . . celebrate Father’s Day. It’s the law.

—Lori Tripoli

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