When is Fathers Day?

Fathers Day 2008 is on Sunday, 15 June.

Find out when is Fathers Day 2008 and 2009 as well as free Fathers Day poems, free Fathers Day clipart, Fathers Day crafts, Fathers Day gift ideas and more to make your father's day a special one.

Free Father's Day Poems

Printable Poem Activity - Daddy, I Love You poem to decorate with a photo, work of art or handprint to create a gift to display.

Father's Love Letter Printable Card

Father's Day History

Fathers Day Family

Fathers Day Date

Father's Day is not a set date of the calendar, but varies from year to year. It is usually celebrated on the third Sunday in June.

Fathers Day 2008 will be celebrated on Sunday, 15 June. In 2009 Fathers Day will fall on 21 June.

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Find the perfect Fathers Day gifts for your Dad. You can find gift baskets for your father right from your computer. Gift baskets are great for Mothers Day gifts too.

Fathers Day History

Why and when is Fathers Day celebrated?

Sonora Dodd is attributed with being the founder of the Father's Day tradition. While listening to a Mother's Day sermon, she realised the selflessness and sacrifice that her father had made in raising her and her siblings after their mother died at the birth of her sixth child.

Her father, William Smart was a Civil War veteran who raised his six children himself on their farm in eastern Washington state.

It was as an adult that Sonora Dodd realised how well her father had done as a single parent and so she wanted to honour him. The first father's day celebration was held on 19 June 1910 in Spokane, Washington.

Later, in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge, supported the idea of a national Father's Day and finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. President Richard Nixon signed the law which finally made it permanent in 1972.