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.
1 Others opine that the ceremony was first held in Vancouver, Washington.  The president of Lions' Club, Chicago, Harry Meek is said to have celebrated the first Father's Day with his organization in 1915 to stress on the need to honor fathers.