MOTHER'S DAY

Mother;s Day is a celebration honoring the mothers all over the world . It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world , most commonly in the month of march and may

MOTHERS DAY HOLIDAY HISTORY

The holiday of mothers day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton ,West Virginia .Her campaign to make Mother's Day a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother , Ann Reeves Jarvis, died . Ann Jarvis had been a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War , and created Mother's Day Work Clubs to address public health issues . Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honor all mothers because she believed a mother is "the person who has done more for you than anyone in the word.

In 1908, the U.S. Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother's Day an official holiday , joking that they would also have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day.however , owning to the efforts of Anna Jarvis , by 1911 all U.S. states observed the holiday ( the first being West Virginia, Jarvis' home state , in 1910 ). In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day , held on the second Sunday in May , as a national holiday to honor mothers.

Although Jarvis was successful in founding Mother's Day , she became resentful of the commercialization of the holiday . By the early 1920s, Hallmark Cards and other companies had started selling Mother's Day cards . Jarvis believed that the the companies had misinterpreted and exploited the idea of Mother's Day , and that the emphasis of the holiday was on sentiment , not profit . As a result , she organised boycotts of Mother,s Day, and threatened to issue lawsuits against the companies involved . Jarvis argued that people should appreciate and honor their mothers though handwritten letters expressing their love and gratitude , instead of buying gift cards and pre-made cards . Jarvis protested at a candy makers' convention in Philadelphia in 1923, and at a meeting of American War Mothers in 1925. by this time , carnations had become associated with Mother's Day, and the selling of carnations by the American War Mothers to raise money angered Jarvis , who was arrested for disturbing the peace
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So this Mother's Day surprise your mother with a gift because a mother is one who is always with us in our joys and sorrows