Father’s Day – A History
In June of every year, we honor fathers. The first Mother’s Day was
celebrated in 1914, but a holiday honoring fathers did not become
official until 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson declared that
the third Sunday in June would be Father’s Day. President Richard
Nixon made this proclamation permanent in 1972. But this
doesn’t mean that the holiday was not celebrated before this time.
The idea for Father’s Day is attributed to Sonora Dodd, who was
raised by her father after her mother’s death during childbirth.
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