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Father's Day poster by Class of 1996

Dads are our best friends,
Dads know when we need help...
Dads are always there for us.

Dads are strong,
Dads work hard...
We love you, Dad.

Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed
the idea of a "Father's Day" in 1909.
Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father,
William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran,
was widowed when his wife, Mrs. Dodd's mother, died
in childbirth with their sixth child.

Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his
other five children by himself on a rural farm
in eastern Washington state.
After Mrs. Dodd became an adult she realized
the strength and selflessness her father had shown
in raising his children as a single parent.

The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910
in Spokane Washington.
At about the same time in various towns and cities across
American other people were beginning to
celebrate a "father's day."

In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea
of a national Father's Day.
Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed
a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday
of June as Father's Day.

Father's Day has become a day to not only honor
your father, but all men who act as a father figure-
Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends
are all be honored on Father's Day.
We love Daddy at Kidswork...
That's why we make a special gift for him every year.
(script by mb, 1999)

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