Fathers Day Monument
This file appears in: In Honor of Her Father: The tale of Sonora Smart Dodd, the mother of Father’s Day
This monument is one of three memorials inscribed to Father's Day in Spokane. One rests at the Dodd residence, which is on the historic houses record for Spokane. The other is a memorial bench and plaque located at the Greenwood Memorial Terrace. The Plaque depicted above is the oldest monument out of the trio.
This file appears in: In Honor of Her Father: The tale of Sonora Smart Dodd, the mother of Father’s Day
In Honor of Her Father: The tale of Sonora Smart Dodd, the mother of Father’s Day
"I began thinking of my mother who passed away in 1898 while I was yet a child. My thoughts naturally turned to my father who was left with the responsibility of rearing six children." - Sonora Dodd