Growing up, Pam Mertes never celebrated Father’s Day — she didn’t know who her father was. But in May, Mertes, now 70, flew to Iowa to hand-deliver the first Father’s Day card she’d ever ...

The first Father's Day was celebrated in 1910, but it took more than six decades for the day to become official. The holiday piggybacked off Mother's Day, which became a commercial holiday in 1908.

The first known Father's Day service occurred in Fairmont, West Virginia, on July 5, 1908. The event was organized by Grace Golden Clayton, who wanted to honor fathers who had died in a mining ...

Father's Day in the U.S. is celebrated annually on the third Sunday of June. The first Father's Day service was held in 1908, inspired by Mother's Day and a mining tragedy.

Jonathan Maurer, 40, a producer, recently fetched some old Father’s Day cards from his currently uninhabitable home in Altadena, Calif., which was close to the path of the Eaton fire in January.

Growing up, Pam Mertes never celebrated Father’s Day — she didn’t know who her father was. But in May, Mertes, now 70, flew to Iowa to hand-deliver the first Father’s Day card she’d ever ...