Mothers' Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers.
First observance in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1907 and celebrated in the U.S. from 1908.
It is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and Anna Jarvis in 1907.
President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year.
Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May, as in the U.S.
Floweers M...
is for the million things she gave me,
O...
means only that she's growing old,
T...
is for the tears she shed to save me,
H...
is for her heart of purest gold;
E...
is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
R...
means right, and right she'll always be.
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
Charles Aznavour - Comme ils disent (live)/ (maman)
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