The modern Father’s Day originated about a century ago though celebration of fathers can be traced back to the different ancient civilisations. The modern Father’s Day was founded by Sonora Louise Smart Dodd who got the idea while attending a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909 and the day was founded in 1910 in Spokane, Washington at the YMCA where it was first celebrated on 19 June. Her dad was a single father who was also a civil war veteran who raised six children alone.
Source: thehealthsite.com
