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The History of Mother's Day

By: Michael Molloy

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The concept of celebrating motherhood isn't completely unique to any one culture or time period. Motherhood celebrations occurred in ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece. These celebrations were held in honour of female goddesses and were of a non secular nature. In Europe a celebration for mothers was held on the fourth Sun. of Lent. This vacation commenced as a technique to recognize Mary, the mummy of Christ, but later was broadened to include all mothers. Although many cultures across the ages have held parties to honour motherhood in general, this convention didn't travel with the colonists to the new world.

Mother's Day in the U.S. has a separate and engaging history. Julia Ward Howe, the writer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, mourned for the destruction, destruction, death, and sourness that existed in America following the Civil War. Her heart went out to all the mothers who had lost children in this horrible war. She felt that mummies, more than any people, felt the ache of lost kids, lost hope and a lost future. In 1870, she delivered a proclamation which became known as the Mother's Day announcement. This announcement called on ma's everywhere to use their influence to put and end to the crisis and sourness by teaching charity, mercy and patience, and so bringing peace to the country. The text of this 1870 announcement can be found at many online sites.

Julia attempted to organize a day that was put aside for mum's to reach out to other mum across the North and South limits that had been settled in the civil war. Her efforts had nominal success for one or two years, before fading away into American history. She might not have achieved success in establishing a permanent holiday, but her efforts did bring attention to the mum cause.

Another girl, Anna Reeves Jarvis, who lived in the Appalachians of West Virginia spent much of her time bringing relief to the downtrodden. When she mentioned that she wished there was a holiday set aside to honour ma everywhere. After her expiration, her daughter, young Anna Jarvis, decided to make her mother's's wish come true. In 1908, she worked to establish a day to honour her Mother. She commenced by asking the church where her mummy served for several years to hold a service in particular to honour mums. The church agreed, and the first Mother's Day meeting was held. Anna provided white carnations for every mother in attendance. This tradition of giving flowers to mas during Mother's Day church services carried down through the years, and some denominations still honour that practice today.

Anna Jarvis started devoting much of her time to the idea of a vacation to celebrate mothers. She petitioned state regimes and Sun. school boards. In 1912, West Virginia became the 1st state to recognize Mother's Day officially. Two year later on Woodrow Wilson agreed a petition declaring Mother's Day to be a countrywide vacation, and setting the second Sun. in May as the once a year observance.

Ironically, once Anna Jarvis found success at building a countrywide vacation to honour mothers, she spent the rest of her life attempting to stop it. She was greatly saddened by the commercialism of the holiday. She saw the giving of flowers and gifts as a step in the wrong direction. Notwithstanding her efforts to end the commercial hijacking of the vacation she galvanized, the day grew wings of it's own and spread across American culture.

Today, Mother's Day is celebrated around the world. It's a day when maternity is celebrated in churches and houses around the globe. It is one of the most hectic days for the floral, greeting card and eaterie industries. Anna Jarvis might not be pleased by the way Mother's Day is celebrated today, but mummy's everywhere are given the honour they merit.

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