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The Creation of (and Backlash Against) Father's Day

Ridiculous History

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The Commonality of Father's Day

In 1908, West Virginia held services to commemorate fathers who lost their lives in a deadly mind explosion. Father's Day then became an interesting concept that not everybody was on board with. "I thought for a long time, I thought it was like an early 1800s day"

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