Today marks another official Mother's day in the U.S. But all around the globe Mother's are honored on different dates,representing every calendar month.I really enjoyed reading and researching this subject and wanted to share a few highlights.For all those who are fortunate enough to have their moms with them and for those that only have cherished memories, remember, a mother's love is forever and mother's day should be celebrated every day.
The roots of the modern celebration, like so many other traditions,had a different focus. In 1870 Julia Ward Howe wrote a mother's day proclamation calling for peace and disarmament, but failed to receive formal recognition of a mother's day for peace.Howe's inspiration came from a young West Virginia homemaker who organized groups of women in 1858 and throughout the Civil War(oxymoron) to improve sanitary conditions and mend broken relationships caused by the war.The crusade to found mother's day was finally accomplished 50 years later by the woman's daughter and the first Mother's Day celebration took place in Grafton, West Virginia, May 10, 1908. President Woodrow Wilson declared Mother's Day a national holiday in 1914 to give the nation an opportunity to fly the flag in honor of mother's whose son's had died in war. But 9 years later commercialization had taken over and to date is the most commercially successful holiday in the U.S.
The roots of the modern celebration, like so many other traditions,had a different focus. In 1870 Julia Ward Howe wrote a mother's day proclamation calling for peace and disarmament, but failed to receive formal recognition of a mother's day for peace.Howe's inspiration came from a young West Virginia homemaker who organized groups of women in 1858 and throughout the Civil War(oxymoron) to improve sanitary conditions and mend broken relationships caused by the war.The crusade to found mother's day was finally accomplished 50 years later by the woman's daughter and the first Mother's Day celebration took place in Grafton, West Virginia, May 10, 1908. President Woodrow Wilson declared Mother's Day a national holiday in 1914 to give the nation an opportunity to fly the flag in honor of mother's whose son's had died in war. But 9 years later commercialization had taken over and to date is the most commercially successful holiday in the U.S.
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