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The Origin of Father's Day

News Type: Other — Seeded on Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:19 PM EDT
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The idea of Father's Day was conceived by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm.

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