To all the moms and also the dads who are both, this page is
dedicated to you!!! May you see all your sacrifices flourish in that
little precious gift of a child.
The earliest Mother's Day celebrations are traced back to the
spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of
the Gods.
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West Virginia became the first state to recognize Mother's
Day. A year later, nearly every state officially marked the day. In
1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed Mother's Day as a
national holiday to be held on the second Sunday of May.
Here in the United States, Julia Howe,
who wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," first developed the notion
of a Mother's Day back in 1872. She had hoped to reserve the day for
peace. Anna M. Jarvis was the woman from whom national recognition of
the holiday originated. She created the holiday to honor her departed
mother. When she was smaller, her mother had always marveled at the multitude
of memorial days for men, yet none for women or mothers. When the girl
grew up she went on to lobby for such a day, which became the day we know
as Mother's Day, in 1914. This day was to represent all mothers, past and
present. At the very first Mother's Day, a celebration in 1908, Anna handed
out her mother's favorite flower, the carnation, to participants. The white
carnations were chosen to symbolize the purity and sweetness of her mother,
and red carnations to honor the living mothers. The roots of Jarvis' holiday
were meant to be a day to cherish the mother. It was to be a memorial day
for women and mothers.
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This day was to represent all mothers, past and present. At the
very first Mother's Day, a celebration in 1908, Anna handed out her mother's
favorite flower, the carnation, to participants.
The white carnations were chosen to symbolize the purity and sweetness
of her mother, and red carnations to honor the living mothers. The roots
of Jarvis' holiday were meant to be a day to cherish the mother. It was
to be a memorial day for women and mothers.
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