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Father’s Day origin and milestones through history
A chronicle of Father’s Day origins from 1909 in Spokane to national status. Key figures include Mrs. John Bruce Dodd and William Smart, with support from the Spokane YMCA and endorsements by Presidents Wilson Coolidge Nixon. The piece notes observance on the third Sunday of June and Senate pressure rising in 1957 through Senator Margaret Chase Smith.
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Dodd
Spokane Ministerial Association
William Jackson Smart
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Mrs. Dodd
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Spokane
Father
Dad
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Richard Nixon
William Smart
America
Margaret Chase Smith
Smith
Congress
United States