Mothers day

What is Mothers day?

The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis and it's now celebrated on various days in many places around the world. Most countries Mother's Day celebration is a recent holiday derived from the Mothering Sunday holiday in the UK. It is celebrated in Australia, Malaysia, Canada, and United States each year on the second Sunday of May. Different countries celebrate Mother's Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins.Who claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept a festival to Cybele, (a great mother of Greek gods). This festival was held around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March 15 March to 18 March.

When was the first Mother's Day?

In 1907 Anna persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year, 1908, Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

In 1910 the first Mother's Day proclamation was issued by the governor of West Virginia. Oklahoma celebrated Mother's Day that year also. By 1911 every state observed Mother's Day. The Mother's Day International Association was incorporated on December 12, 1912, with the purpose of furthering meaningful observations of Mother's Day.

When did Mother's Day become official?

In May, 1913, The House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the President, his Cabinet, members of Congress, and all officials of the federal government to wear a white carnation on Mother's Day. Congress passed another Joint Resolution May 8, 1914, designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.