Father’s Day Fun Facts There are 1.5 billion fathers worldwide. 66.3 million of those father’s are in the United States. Father’s Day is the fifth-largest card-sending occasion in America with almost 100 million Father’s Day cards sent each year. Only 50% of all Father’s Day cards are purchased for dads.
What are some interesting facts about father’s day?
Father’s Day Fun Facts There are 1.5 billion fathers worldwide. 66.3 million of those father’s are in the United States. Father’s Day is the fifth-largest card-sending occasion in America with almost 100 million Father’s Day cards sent each year. Only 50% of all Father’s Day cards are purchased for dads.
Is father’s day Based on a true story?
Father’s Day, in the United States, holiday (third Sunday in June) to honour fathers. Credit for originating the holiday is generally given to Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, whose father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth.
What is the real story of father’s day?
Father’s Day was founded in Spokane, Washington, at the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd, who was born in Arkansas. Its first celebration was in the Spokane YMCA on J. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there.
