Father’s Day
Father’s Day hasn’t been around for very long….as a federal holiday that is. Father’s Day was first observed in 1908 by a local church in Fairmont, West Virginia. The pastor was Dr. Robert Webb and the church was Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. It took until 1966 for this special day to become a federal holiday. The origianl bill was introduced to congress in 1913 and supported by President Coolidge in 1924. Needless to say it took a long time for this special day to be considered worthy of “holiday” status.
So just in case you were wondering (like I was), here is the answer to why we even have this day……and yes, mother’s day started first……
