| Mother's Day history : |
Know how this day came into existence; when was it first
observed and who celebrated it first. Click here |
| Mother's Day History (An Alternative
View) : |
Know about an alternative view of
Mother's Day History as sent by one of our visitors. Click here |
| The link with Mothering Sunday : |
Find out the similarity between Mother's Day
as we celebrate it today and Mothering Sunday, a day celebrated by the
early Christians in England to honor Mother Mary and expanded later to
include all mothers. Click
here |
| Carnations : |
Know how
carnations, or floral emblems, got associated with the fantastic
tradition of Mother's Day. Click here |
| Presidential Mother's Day
Proclamation : |
The tradition of American Presidents giving a
Mother's Day Proclamation started with President Woodrow Wilson on May
9, 1914 and continues to this day with each President of the United
States doing so every year. Read a series of heartwarming Mother's Day
proclamations by American Presidents from the year 2000 to the year
last. Click here |
| Original Mother's Day Proclamation : |
Appalled at the brutalities of the then ongoing Franco-Prussian War,
Julia Ward Howe of Boston, Massachusetts, the famous lyricist of
'Battle Hymn of the Republic", made an impassioned "appeal to
womanhood" in 1870 to rise against war. She wrote a proclamation the
same year, had it translated into various languages and disseminated it
internationally. This powerful plea is generally considered to be the
original Mothers' Day proclamation. Read this historic Mothers' Day
proclamation by Julia Ward Howe. Click here |
