Father’s Day 2025 landed on a sunny Sunday, June 15, and just like clockwork, Instagram was flooded with tributes to the dads who made us who we are—proving that while Mercury was in retrograde, love and admiration were definitely in full forward motion. Did the stars have anything to do with it? With the Sun shining brightly in Gemini, the planet of communication gave everyone the nudge to get those heartfelt shout-outs out there, spotlighting legends from Rapsody and Royce Da 5’9″ to Naughty By Nature’s Treach and E-40. It’s like the cosmos said, “Time to give the old man his due!”
Of course, this celebration has roots deeper than a bassline, tracing back to Sonora Smart Dodd’s inspired quest in Spokane, Washington, to honor her Civil War vet father. It took a few decades and some presidential nods—hello, Nixon!—to make Father’s Day a seasonal staple on our calendars. So while our feeds brimmed with modern-day homage, it’s worth remembering the origins of this heartwarming holiday, nestled in a perfect June weekend, just like the stars intended.
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Father’s Day 2025 fell on Sunday (June 15) and, par for the course, Instagram exploded with tributes to the men who raised us.
From Rapsody and Royce Da 5’9 to Naughty By Nature’s Treach and E-40, there was no shortage of Father’s Day tributes populating our algorithms.
Father’s Day in the United States originated in the early 20th century, largely thanks to the efforts of Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington. Inspired by a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909, Dodd wanted to honor her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran who raised her and her siblings alone after their mother’s death.
She proposed the idea of a day to celebrate fathers, and the first official Father’s Day was observed at the Spokane YMCA on June 19, 1910, coinciding with her father’s birthday month.
Although the holiday didn’t immediately gain widespread acceptance and was at times dismissed as a commercial venture, support from presidents and trade groups gradually helped it gain traction. In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed legislation making Father’s Day a permanent national holiday, celebrated annually on the third Sunday of June.
Scroll through a plethora of tributes below, while we call our own Dads.
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