Father’s Day

This year we celebrate Father’s Day on June 18. Every year, on the third Sunday of June, we celebrate Father’s Day to honour fathers worldwide. Father’s Day was first celebrated in the United States but was quickly adopted by all countries of the world. 

A father is important to a family in many ways. He protects the children and women of the family. Many people celebrate Father’s Day by sending cards or gifts to their fathers, grandfathers, or other father figures. 

Father’s Day is celebrated in June to mark the birth month of the founder’s father. Sonora Smart Dodd was the founder of this day. Sonora and her five siblings were raised by their father after their mother died during childbirth. Sonora first had the idea of Father’s Day in 1909, when she heard about the establishment of Mother’s Day. Her idea gained support from residents and on June 19, 1910, the first Father’s Day was celebrated.