Each year since about 1909, we celebrate a very special day. We honor the men we call "Fathers". The men who helped give birth to us. The men who helped teach us to ride a bike. 

 This is the man who took me fishing when I was four and bought me a shot gun when I was twelve. 

 This is the same man who made me go back and change my mini-skirt before I went out on dates and made me mow the grass. 

 Now this same "old-fashioned" Dad e-mails me and downloads programs from the net. This page is my tribute to my wonderful friend who is also my Dad. 

It wasn't until 1966 that president Lyndon Johnson proclaimed the third Sunday of every June, the official Fathers Day, although legend has it that the first Fathers Day celebration was observed in Washington state in 1909.

In 1909, Louise Smart Dodd, the daughter of Civil War veteran William Smart, proposed a day to honor fathers around the country. Her inspiration was her own own father who alone had raised his 6 children after his wife died during childbirth. By 1916 the idea had spread across the country, and was even promoted by President Woodrow Wilson.

Below are some interesting places for you and your father to visit.

Excuses for not calling Dad

Send Dad an E-Mail Card

Please send here.

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