when did start father day celebration start
The History of Fatherâs Day in the United States. There are two stories of when the first Fatherâs Day was celebrated. According to some accounts, the first Fatherâs Day was celebrated in Washington state on June 19, 1910. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd came up with the idea of honoring and celebrating her father while listening to a Motherâs Day sermon at church in 1909.