Fathr'sDay isn't just aday for dads to get more ties.lt's cele bra ted on the third sunday of June to honor dads,grandfathers,step-dads and all men who act as afather fi gure.like most Holidays thst go way back,the originis hard to trace but most people willagree that sonora Dodd played abig part in startingthe holiday.This year'sDay is June17th2018
ALITTLE FATHER'S DAY HISTORY
sonora Louise smart Dodd first brought up the idea of afather'sday in 1909.shewanted aspecial dayto honor her father,william smart.when sonora'smother died in childbirth with her sixth child,william was left to ra ise the newborn and five other child ren by himself ona farmin Washingtonstate.Asan adult,sonora realized how strong and unselfish het dad had been Faisighiskids asa single parent