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Mother’s Day History
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nna M. Jarvis, born in 1864 in Webster, Virginia, is
credited as the force behind Mother’s Day.
When Jarvis was 41 years old, her mother died. On
the second anniversary of her mother’s death (the
second Sunday in May of 1908), Jarvis made public her
plans to establish a day to honor mothers.
Other sources report “Mother’s Day” church services on May 10,
1908, in Grafton, West Virginia, and on the same day, a celebration of
mothers at the Wannamaker Auditorium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The observance became official in 1914, when President Woodrow
Wilson signed a proclamation naming the second Sunday of May as a day
for “public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our
country.” The year 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day.
Source: Hallmark
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