Father's Day Add to Note
18 Jun, 2025 to 30 Mar, 2025
Unlike Mother's Day, which has pretty somber origins, Father's Day has relatively light roots—and was actually created by a woman, back in 1909, a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, "tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents." She went around to local businesses to gather support for her idea, and on June 19, 1910, the state of Washington celebrated the first-ever Father's Day.
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