.::Groveville United Methodist Church::.

On June 9, 1910, in Spokane, Washington, Father’s Day was proposed by Sonora SmartDobb. Her father, a Civil War veteran, William Jackson,Smart, was a single parent who raised six children. In 1922 Dodd stopped promoting Father’s Day because it faded away.

Our first parade started in Groveville-Yardville in 1868. This will be our 156th parade. When I was a very young boy living in Groveville, age 3 in 1939, I was in the Decoration Parade, parading with the Groveville Fire Company as the first mascot. But today, I will tell you about three men, two of the men that led our parade which was called Decoration Day and was held on May 30 from 1868 until 1970. Now it is called Memorial Day, and is held on the last Monday in May (started in 1991).