Impress Dad With These 5 Father's Day Facts

Special to Fort Myers News-Press, The News-Press
Sat, 06/16/2018 - 6:00am

The idea of setting aside a day to honor our fathers was conceived on Mother’s Day in 1909 by a young woman named Sonora Louise Dodd.

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