Events & Occasions

Father’s Day was first observed in Spokane, Washington, in 1910. Sonora Louise Smart Dodd,of Washington, first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909.

History of Fathers Day Father’s Day is celebrated on third Sunday of June. Sonora Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a “father’s day”. She thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War veteran, …