El padre. الأب Le
père. Il padre. Der Vater. Edoda.
(That’s “father” in Spanish, Arabic, French, Italian,
German, Cherokee.)
Father’s Day is tomorrow. As I did on Mother’s Day in May, I
thought it might be fun to put up some pictures of dads and a little background
I learned about the day.
[Thanks to Wikipedia, History.com, and Time magazine
online.]
First, it’s definitely a 20th-century thing.
After the success of Mother’s Day, it was probably inevitable that someone
should want to honor our pops.
However, did you know that the tradition of honoring fathers
goes back to the Middle Ages? (I didn’t.)
In my Mother’s Day post I showed how laundry day went for
mothers of two or three generations ago. Here, for tomorrow, is an essay on how
the role of fathers has evolved through time. You may read and reflect on
whether this pertains to you or your family.
And another from History.com….
And, in order of position in time, more or less—and I’m just including the ones I have
pictures of—are some of our dads. If you’d like to add yours, just send me a
photo. By the way, all men are identified generally left-to-right in the pictures.
Happy Father’s Day!
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| Andrew Jackson Alawine, father of 5 (7?) |
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| Andrew, 10 years older |
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| Jack H. Talbert, father of 11 |
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| Henry R. Tolbert, father of 12 |
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| Charles Wesley Tolbert, father of 10 |
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| Alanzo Luke, father of 7 |
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| William Henry Tolbert, father of 4 |
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| Samuel T. Alawine, father of 16 |
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| Henry Tolbert, Milton Jayroe, Grover Tolbert, Charles W. Tolbert, Charles W. Jr. "Bully" (center bottom) This picture also includes Herman Tolbert, Adam Tolbert, Alfred Tolbert, and Harry Powell--the "little" boys who were fathers. |
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| Roosevelt, Sam, Jackson P., Robert "Bob" Alawine |
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| Bob (father of 7) and Cecil. When you teach a man to fish.... |
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| Don Smith, father of 3 |
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| Don Smith, Billy Perkins, Ronny Alawine, Paul Alawine, Jimmy Alawine, Gwen Alawine, Ralph Alawine, Bobby Alawine (Kenny Alawine being held?) |
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| Marcus Smith, father of 1--centennial dress, with Bessie |
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| Ernest Joyner, Marcus Smith |
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| Dave Sessums, father of 3, and Tammy |
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| Rev. Herman Pilgrim, father of 3, and Agnes |
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| Jimmy Alawine, father of 7 |
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| Ken and Jimmy Alawine...or let him hunt! |
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| Ken Alawine, father of 2, with Jimmie Lou and Kim |
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| Thomas Kittrell, father of 5 |
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| Ronny Alawine, father of 5, with Cindy and Sonny (right) |
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| Chris Hudnall, Chris Alawine (father of 1), Bo Alawine (father of 2) |
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| Sonny Tolbert, father of 2, with Shelby |
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