Happy Mothers Day
Posted on: 14/May/2017 11:55:26 AM - No. of views : (3970)
Mother`s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year. This year, it is on today, Sunday, 14th May.
The people express their love, affection, and respect for their mothers by offering gifts, greeting cards, ordered cakes, flowers. They plan to take their mothers for an outing.
The founder of Mother�s Day:
Anna Marie Jarvis is the founder of Mother`s Day. She was the daughter of Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, a social activist who organized events called Mother`s Day Work Clubs to reduce infant mortality. Doctors were invited to hold discussions with mothers on how to keep their children healthy and educate them with latest practices of hygiene and sanitation. Thus, her mother inspired Jarvis to lead the movement of observing Mother`s Day
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, on May 9, 1914, signed a proclamation following untiring efforts by Anna Marie Jarvis.
Subsequently, the United States declared the second Sunday of May a national holiday.
The 1st Mother�s Day:
On May 10, 1908, Anna Jarvis held a public service at Andrews Methodist Church, where her mother taught Sunday School for 25 years. She sent a donation of 500 white carnations for all those who attended and that is how the first official Mother`s Day was observed.
