Father's day started in 1910 when Sonora Smart Dodd petitioned the Ministerial Alliance of Spokane Washington to honor dads. Sonora held her father in high esteem and felt strongly that Fatherhood needed recognition as well as motherhood. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father's Day. To help you honor your father, your hero, Speak To Me Catalog is giving you free shipping.