How did celebrating Fathers' Day begin?
Well, there are two different stories on how the holiday began.
The first Father's day was celebrated in Washington State on June 19th, 1910. Sonora Smart Dodd came up with the idea of honoring her father while listening to a Mothers' day sermon at church in 1909. She felt that Fathers deserved credit too. Her father William Smart was a veteran of the Civil war and was left a widower when his wife died during the birth of their sixth child. He raised all six children himself on their Washington farm.
The second story happens in Fairmont West Virginia July 5th 1908. Grace Golden Clayton suggested to the local Methodist Church that they hold services to celebrate fathers after a deadly mine explosion killed 361 men.
President Calvin Coolidge recommended that Fathers' Day become a national holiday but nothing official happened until 1966 when Lyndon B. Johnson designated the third Sunday in June to become the official celebration of Fathers' Day. In 1972 the Nixon administration officially recognized the day as a National holiday.
Did You Know?
Other countries celebrate fathers too? Many celebrate on the third week of June too but others celebrate on different dates.
Wherever you may be you can celebrate Father's day.
For a full list of places and dates click here.
Do you know what Dad loves most for Father's day?
Time. Time to spend with their families, Time to spend in the yard, or playing golf, or just resting. All the Dad's I know also love something given from the heart, something handmade. They love memories over things.
We have a few events that will make wonderful memories!
Cheyenne Wyoming
6/14 Father’s Day Tea
Estes Park
6/13 – 6/15 Father’s Day Weekend at Jellystone Park
Fort Collins
6/13-6/15 Father’s Day Tree Sale
Greeley
6/15 Father’s Day at 477 Distilling (First Drink Free for ALL DADS)
6/15 Captain’s Table’s First Annual Father’s Day Show
6/15 Father’s Say FREE Sitting Fee Ember Arts
6/14 Father’s Day Cutting Board Workshop Ember Arts
6/15 Dress Like A Dad Day – Father’s Day at Crabtree
Johnstown
Longmont
6/15 Sudz for Studz father’s Day Event featuring DJ Drake
Loveland
6/14 Father’s Day Family Carnival
6/15 Father’s Day at Sweetheart Winery
6/15 Father’s Day Scavenger Hunt
Church Services and Events
Fort Collins
6/15 Happy Father’s Day Clearwater Church
Masonville
6/15 Father’s Day and Pentecost
