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 first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held July 5 1908 at the Central United Methodist Church in Fairmont, West Virginia.   In 1909, Mrs. John B. Doâ¦dd of Washington, arranged a tribute for her father on June 19, 1910. She was the first to suggest an official Father's Day observance.