Father’s Day cards go farther back than Hallmark. One of the earliest dates back roughly 4,000 years. Elmesu, a Babylonian youngster, carved a card out of clay to “wish his father good health and long life.”
On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church hosted the nation’s first event explicitly in honor of fathers. During a Sunday sermon, 362 men who had died in explosions in December at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah were honored in a one-time commemoration.
President Richard Nixon was the first to declare Father’s Day a national holiday.
36-percent of dads want to eat out with the family for Father's Day and 25-percent of dads say a tie is about the worst gift they could receive.
Roses are the official flower of Father’s Day. Red roses are given to fathers still living, while white symbolize those that have passed.
