Antedating of "Father's Day"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Following up on a lead by Barry Popik, here is an antedating of "Father's Day":


Father's Day (OED 1943)

1908 _Boston Globe_ 19 May 10 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  Why doesn't somebody suggest the idea of having a "Father's day," when everybody in the country shall wear a modest violet in honor of poor Father?


Fred Shapiro
Editor
Yale Book of Quotations (Yale University Press)
fred.shapiro at yale.edu<mailto:fred.shapiro at yale.edu>

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