March 4 - National Sons Day

Happy National Sons Day! On March 4th, this day honors any and all sons of the world as well as those who raise them. 

 Around the world, slightly more sons are born than daughters. However, both bring joy to families.  

When it comes to our children, our rambunctious sons grow into adult men. Some are soft-spoken and gentle. Others with a spark of curiosity fill every hour with questions, some unanswerable. 

Parents and family members strive to mold them into a person better than we are. Sons, like many children, test the boundaries until one day, they stand before us, grown.  

National Sons Day encourages parents to be role models and provide the boundaries sons need. Celebrate their successes while guiding them through their failures. Give them a foundation of skills that they will rely on for a lifetime and pass on to their sons. 

Each day as a son and the parent of one is a treasure. Boys need us to model responsibility, hard work, and integrity. As they work and learn beside us, those qualities will be instilled in them. The day reminds us of the value our sons bring to our lives and others. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Consider all the things you want your son to know and be when he’s an adult. Take the day to teach your son something you think is important for him to know.  

Change a tire or balance the checkbook. The small tasks, the mundane ones are the ones that get in the way when we don’t know how to do them. Bond over the experience by letting him know you teach him these skills to clear a path for the bigger events in his life. 

Other ways to celebrate the day include: 

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  • Join an organization for mentoring boys without male role models. 
• • Find a role model that fits the interests of your son. 
• • Teach your son something your father taught you. 
• • Offer to give a skills class at a school. 

Make the day unique by taking a photograph with all the sons together and share on social media using #NationalSonsDay. 

HISTORY 

In 2018, Jill Nico created National Sons Day celebrating the importance and significations of sons and those who raise them. 

While there’s no single reason for selecting March 4th, the founder explains spring seemed ideal, and the date resounds with momentum when spoken. 

Additionally, many sons enjoy spring sports, and it’s an excellent time to spend time outdoors. Visit the Facebook page to join in the celebration by visiting the website below. 

https://www.facebook.com/nationalsonsday/ 

In the late 1990s, an effort to create National Sons Day began as a counterpart to National Take Your Daughters to Work Day.  

By 1998, the group called National Sons Day created National Take Your Sons to Work Day. In later years, the separate observances joined forces. The date is now observe annually on the fourth Thursday in April each year. 

How can you observe/celebrate your son(s) today? 

#NationalSonsDay 

@nationalsonsday 

@nichecinema 

March 4 - Herbert J. Biberman

Happy Birthday, Herbert J. Biberman! Born today in 1900, this American screenwriter and film director was one of the Hollywood Ten. His membership in the Directors Guild of America was posthumously restored in 1997; he had been expelled in 1950. 

  

The Hollywood Ten were a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who refused to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in their investigations during the McCarthy-era'Red scare'.  

  

Biberman is best known for directing the 1954 American black and white drama film 'Salt of the Earth'. Unfortunately, the film was barely released in the United States. 

  

'Salt of the Earth' tells about how, at New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts.  

  

Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacón) helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas), with a similar unfairness. 

When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home. 

  

In 1992, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The film is also preserved by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York. 

  

Biberman had been active from 1935–1969. 

  

#borntodirect 

@tcm 

@MuseumModernArt 

@librarycongress 

@Tubi