Father’s Day has a strong connection to Washington — and the YMCA

Father’s Day has a strong connection to Washington — and the YMCA

DID YOU KNOW Father’s Day has deep roots at the YMCA? Over a century ago, in 1910, Sonora Smart Dodd, inspired by her love and admiration for her father — a Civil War veteran and single dad who raised six children — held the very first Father’s Day celebration at the Spokane YMCA in Washington.