Father's Day was met with some resistance when the idea gained traction in the early twentieth century. Here's a look at the ...

The very first Father’s Day in America was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. Mother’s Day was first ...

While listening to a Mother’s Day sermon with her father at the Central Methodist Church in 1909, Dodd was bothered that there wasn’t a day to honor her civil war veteran father who raised her ...

Mother's Day ... church about Mother's Day and thought dads should also be celebrated. Several local clergymen accepted the idea and it's believed that 19 June 1910 was the first unofficial Father ...

In the U.S., Father's Day celebrations date back to 1910 in the state of Washington, according to History.com. Prior to this, a West Virginia church held the country's first event honoring fathers ...

According to one account, Father's Day celebrations in fact owe their origins to a Mother's Day church service. One of the stories about the history of Father's Day involves a certain Sonora Smart ...