Father's Day: It's origin and history

1. Fathers Day Activity
- The Origin of
Father’s Day
Father's Day: It's origin
and history
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In 1909 a woman named
Sonora Smart Dodd thought
of the idea of a day to
honor fathers while
listening to a Mother’s Day
sermon. She wanted a way
to let her father, William
Smart, know how special he
was to her. William Smart,
who was a Civil War
veteran, was widowed
when his wife died while
giving birth to their sixth
child.

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Mr. Smart was left to
raise the newborn and
his other five children
by himself on a rural
farm in eastern
Washington state. In
the eyes of his
daughter, he was seen
as a courageous,
selfless, and loving
man.

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In 1909, Mrs. Dodd
approached her own
minister and others in
Spokane about having a
church service dedicated to
fathers on June 5, her
father’s birthday. That date
was too soon for her
minister to prepare the
service, so he spoke a few
weeks later on June 19th.
From then on, the state of
Washington celebrated the
third Sunday in June as
Father’s Day.

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Children and youth made
special desserts, or
visited their fathers if
they lived apart. Instead
of desserts, many of
today’s youth get dad a
necktie, which is the
most common Father’s
Day gift. Besides a
greeting card, dinner,
sporting events, and
wallets and belts are also
popular gift ideas.

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President Calvin Coolidge,
in 1924, supported the
idea of a national Father’s
Day in the United States.
Then in 1966 President
Lyndon Johnson signed a
presidential proclamation
declaring the 3rd Sunday of
June as Father’s Day.
President Richard Nixon
signed the law which
finally made it permanent
in 1972.

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