I’ve found writing these introductions to be educational. I’ve learned about St. Patrick’s business with the snakes and Bronx slang for “hold the mayonnaise.” I plan to use that if I ever order a hot ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Did you know a Spokane resident created Father’s Day in America? The daughter of a widower was responsible for making this special day a national holiday. According to the City of ...

Expo ’74 celebrated Father’s Day by honoring a special guest: Sonora Smart Dodd, the woman who founded Father’s Day. Dodd, 92, was helped to the podium and then said with a chuckle, “I’m not quite as ...

LOS ANGELES — You could call her the mother of Father’s Day. The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington. As a result, she is the one ...

Sonora Smart Dodd was sitting in church on Mother’s Day 1909. She was thinking about her father, William Jackson Smart, who had lovingly raised her and her siblings as well as the children — 14 in all ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Sonora Smart Dodd sat in church on Mother's Day in 1909, and didn't like what she heard. The Rev. Harry Rasmus was rambling on about the importance of mothers, but had nothing to say ...