Terry Allen founder of City Men Cook, spoke with Alex Nichols at the City Men Cook Father's Day event, during the African American Museum Juneteenth Festival in Dallas, on Saturday, June 19, 2021. City Men Cook says its hosts the "Largest Sunday Dinner in North Texas in Dallas, Texas," each year for Father's Day and Juneteenth.The National Retail Federation projected about $22.4 billion will be spent celebrating Father’s Day this year, just shy of last year’s $22.9 billion.
William Jackson Smart, a farmer, raised Dodd and her five younger brothers, after their mother died in childbirth in 1898. Dodd spent the next 62 years lobbying everyone from presidents to retailers for an official Father’s Day as the unofficial celebration grew.Finally in 1972, President Richard Nixon declared the third Sunday of June a federal holiday honoring dads. Dodd died six years later at age 96.Advertisement
The U.S. has about 72 million fathers. About 40% — 29 million — are also grandfathers, according to the Census Bureau. And about 75% of their children plan to celebrate their dads and father figures, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. Neckties have more competition than ever. According to the survey, the top gifts are about evenly split between greeting cards, clothes andAbout 66% of first-time dads between 2016-20 took parental leave, compared with 14% of new dads in 1980 or earlier., Interim Breaking News Editor. Carol Taylor is interim breaking news editor as The Dallas Morning News.
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