Fathers Day

The History of Fathers Day

The story of Father's Day: In 1909, Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Spokane, Washington, first proposed the idea of Father's Day. She wanted to honour her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran who was widowed and left to raise six children alone. The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane. Mrs. Dodd wanted Father's Day to be celebrated on the first Sunday in June, her father's birthday. However, the Spokane council couldn't get the resolution through the first reading until the third Sunday in June.

Around the same time people were beginning to celebrate Father's Day in other cities and town across the United States. However, although Mother's Day became a recognized holiday in 1914, it wasn't until 1966 that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June Father's Day. The white or red rose is the official flower for Father's Day. Mrs. Dodd suggested that people wear a white rose to honour a father who is deceased and a red rose for a father who is living.

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