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    Happy Father's Day to all! When and why did Father's Day begin?

    Question #57805. Asked by Dead Man Inc. (Jun 18 05 11:30 PM)


    TabbyTom

    		According to the reference books, including the New Shell Book of Firsts, Father's Day was inaugurated in 1910 by a Sonora Dodd (Mrs John Bruce Dodd) in Spokane, WA. Mother's Day was already well established, and Mrs Dodd thought that fathers deserved a bit of appreciation too, especially as she greatly admired her own father,

    http://www.4homeschool.info/FathersDay.htm


    Jun 19 05, 12:40 AM
    lisanne2730

    		In 1907 in the town of Monica, a ministers' daughter, Grace Golden Clayton, felt a deep need to honor the men of the town when the mine collapsed. Over 300 men were lost in the accident and left over 1000 children fatherless.
    http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=662b39e8cb1cd86ea01f

    Jun 19 09, 9:44 AM

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