print email comment close Honor Your Father ... At Least Once a Year URL: http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/jun03/father.html Description: Describes the origins of Father's Day in America, from Spokane, Washington state, resident Sonora Dodd's idea, to the first celebration of the day in 1910 and the holiday's official recognition in "1966, when President Lyndon Johnson declared that the third Sunday in June would be Father's Day." Includes illustrations and related links. From the Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Library of Congress Subject Headings: Father's Day Holidays LII Database Information: Record 10997 created by Margaret Myhre on 05/16/2005 Last modification on 06/09/2005 Published: 05/16/2005   Funding agency: Washington State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10997