who is the founder of father's day in usa
Fatherâs Day: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. June 21, 2015 is Fatherâs Day in the United States. It was invented by Sonora Smart Dodd, whose single father, American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, raised her and her five siblings. It was first celebrated on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington, two years after the first Motherâs Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia.