Question

Who began the Pops tradition, and why?

Answer 1

It started with a quirky friendship between two men: Arthur Fiedler, the late, legendary, curmudgeonly conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, and David Mugar, a millionaire Boston businessman who has sponsored all Boston's Fourth of July concerts since they took on this explosive form 25 years ago.

Answer 2

Father's Day is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year on June 19, and it all began when a young woman wanted to honor her dad. In May of 1909, Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Wash., sat in church listening to a Mother's Day sermon. She decided she wanted to designate a day for her dad , William Jackson Smart.

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