DIRECTIONS: 1  Pour water into saucepan and add elderberries, ginger and cinnamon. 2  Bring mixture to a boil. 3  Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for about 40â45 minutes or until the liquid has reduced by about half.  Remove from heat and mash the 1  berries. Pour through a strainer or cheesecloth into a glass bowl.
In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge recognized Fatherâs Day as the third Sunday in June of that year and encouraged states to do the same. Congress officially recognized Fatherâs Day in 1956 with the passage of a joint resolution.
The most popular story about the origins of Father's Day is said to have started growing its roots in the year of 1909. Mrs. John B. Dodds, from Spokane, Washington, campaigned for a Father's Day celebration. The idea came to her while she listed to a church sermon on the virtues of Mother's Day.