Happy Father's Day!

This Sunday is Father’s Day.
Let's all cheer for fathers.
It's the 100th anniversary of their day!

Like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day has a modern origin. The idea came to Mrs. John Dodd as she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. She proposed to the Spokane Ministerial Association and the YMCA that they celebrate a “father’s day.”

The first Father’s Day was observed on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, and soon other towns had their own celebrations. Father’s Day became a permanent national holiday in 1972.

Contributed by Angela Burgess, former employee of the Museum and still a friend of the Museum of Discovery! Thanks Angi!