Soccer Dad

Ninety four years ago

It wasn't Hallmark. It was President Wilson who created Mother's Day.

The idea for a “Mother’s Day” is credited by some to Julia Ward Howe (1872) and by others to Anna Jarvis (1907), who both suggested a holiday dedicated to a day of peace. Many individual states celebrated Mother’s Day by 1911, but it was not until Wilson lobbied Congress in 1914 that Mother’s Day was officially set on the second Sunday of every May. In his first Mother’s Day proclamation, Wilson stated that the holiday offered a chance to "[publicly express] our love and reverence for the mothers of our country."

Thanks to Wolf Howling ) (see comments below) that the House Republicans are now objecting to President Wilson's recommendation.

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