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When is Father's Day?
In the US, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June. The date follows a fixed Sunday each year.
In 2026, Father’s Day in the US will fall on June 21.
Father’s Day Around the World
Many countries follow the same June tradition as the United States. This includes the UK, Canada and a number of European countries where Father’s Day is also celebrated on the third Sunday in June.
However, some regions observe the day on different dates. In Spain, Italy and Portugal, for example, Father’s Day is celebrated on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph. In Germany, the celebration takes place on Ascension Day in May.
Traditionally, Father’s Day in the US is a family occasion. It is common for children to give cards or small gifts, and many families celebrate with a meal or spend the day together.
History of Father's Day
A tragic mining disaster in Monongah, West Virginia, became the catalyst for the first recorded Father’s Day observance in the United States. On July 5, 1908, a memorial service was held at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South in Fairmont, organised after the Monongah mine explosion the previous winter had killed 361 men. Grace Golden Clayton is widely credited with suggesting the service to honour the fathers who had died in the disaster.
A more sustained campaign emerged two years later in Spokane, Washington. Sonora Smart Dodd proposed a formal day to recognise fathers after reflecting on her own family history. Her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran, had raised six children alone after the death of their mother. Dodd originally suggested June 5, the anniversary of her father’s death, but local organisers moved the celebration to the third Sunday in June to allow more time for preparation. The first widely recognised Father’s Day celebration in June took place in Spokane on June 19, 1910.
Despite these early efforts, the idea did not gain immediate national support. Throughout the early twentieth century, the proposal for a Father’s Day holiday was often criticised or mocked in newspapers and public commentary as overly sentimental, too closely associated with Mother’s Day, or as a potential commercial gimmick promoted by retailers.
Political recognition developed slowly over several decades. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge publicly encouraged states to observe Father’s Day but stopped short of creating a federal holiday. More than forty years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued a presidential proclamation in 1966 designating the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day in the United States.
The holiday did not become permanent federal law until six years later. In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed legislation formally establishing Father’s Day as a national holiday, ending a sixty-four-year process that had begun with the first memorial service in West Virginia in 1908.