Sonora Dodd of Washington was listening to a Mother's day sermon in 1909 and she thought that if we could honor our mothers for a day, what about our fathers?, specially her father, William Smart who was a Civil War veteran and was widowed when her wife died giving birth to their sixth child, he was then left to raise the six children all by himself.
Sonora saw the sarifices of his father by making all parental sacrifices needed to raise all six of them, in her eyes this was an act of a courageous, selfless, and a loving act that needs to be heard and honored.
Mr. William Smart, the father of Sonora was born in the month of June, so Sonora chose to have the special day for fathers on the 19th of June in Spokane, Washington, and this was the first ever celebration of FATHER'S DAY.
The idea was then supported by President Calvin Coolidge if having a national Father's Day. Then President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclaimation declaring the 3rd Sunday of the month of June as a Father's Day. celebration. :]
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