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Mining Tragedy And A Civil War Vet: The History Of Father’s Day

Mining Tragedy And A Double-Sided Civil War Vet: The History Of Father’s Day

The holiday wasn’t officially placed on the calendar until 1972, but its history goes back much further.

By Christine Weerts
JUNE 20, 2021

The first Father’s Day celebrations in the United States were held over 100 years ago in communities on opposite coasts: one for coal miners in West Virginia in 1908, another for a Civil War veteran in Spokane, Washington in 1910. Click here to download the article and read more.

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