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

Ridiculous History

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The Unofficial Push to Make Mother's Day a National Holiday

William Jennings Bryant was a huge Father's Day fan. Calvin Silent Cal Coolidge could have said three words, but it would have been mean. The story is pretty apocryphal that he rode out into the middle of a lake and didn't run for reelection.

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