Interesting
Father's Day was founded in 1910 by
Sonora Smart Dodd, born in
Arkansas from
Spokane, who was also the driving force behind its establishment.
[3] Its first celebration was in
Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910.
[3][4] Her father, the
Civil War veteran
William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who reared his six children in
Spokane, Washington.
[3] After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them.
[3] Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors hadn't enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June.
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