Celebrating Dads This Father’s Day

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Did you know that a single father of 14 children was the inspiration behind the creation of Father's Day? As historians recount, William Jackson Smart's daughter, Sonora, attended a Mother's Day church service in 1909, where she decided fathers deserved a holiday, too.  In 1910, her petition to the Ministerial Alliance was accepted, and Father's Day was celebrated across Spokane, Washington, on June 19. For much of the next 60 years, Sonora and politicians like William Jennings Bryan and…

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