“Fatherhood” is most always synonymous with love, authority and respect.
Less than 100 years ago, when the first Father?s Day celebration was held in Spokane, Wash., in 1910, the father was head of the family and the bread winner.
In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father?s Day.
In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed the third Sunday of June as Father?s Day.
And in 1972, President Richard Nixon signed the law that made it an official holiday.
Dads have changed in the last 100 years. They?ve abandoned the starched, high collars for polo shirts which, “after neckties [are] the most popular item bought for fathers,” said Sam Winer, of Brooks Brothers Inner Harbor.
These days, kids seem to want their dads to play more in their casual clothes.
“Basketballs are a big seller for dads,” said Ty McKay, of Towson?s Sports Authority.
“But the most popular [athletic] items sold are fishing gear and golf clubs.”
Not at The Home Depot where the hot items are power tools, according to sales associates. Guess dads can build and repair things around the house in their comfortable clothes.
Or fathers can read all day while rocking in the backyard hammock.
Eddie Chen, of Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Columbia, said books on sports have been selling for dads, as well as comics.
