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despite popular belief mother's day is not just a holiday invented by hallmark but rather it is a holiday dating back several millennia
the earliest known mother’s day originated in ancient greece honoring rhea mother of all deities in an annual spring festival the romans honored cybele the same mother of all deities and celebrated this festival by calling it the hilaria early christians continued the tradition by celebrating the virgin mary on the fourth sunday of lent in england the celebration eventually expanded to include all mothers
mother’s day was not an official holiday in the united states until 1914 modern americans can thank the perseverance and determination of a woman named anna jarvis who deeply devoted to her own mother helped to make mother’s day an official us holiday
jarvis’s mother anna maria reeves jarvis was an activist during the civil war and lost 8 of her 12 children before they reached adulthood when she died in 1905 anna (daughter) was distraught and vowed to devote her life to honoring her mother her devotion led her to strive to appoint an official us holiday to recognize mothers though mother’s day had been celebrated informally for many years jarvis wrote many important figures (including us congressmen and prosperous businessmen) imploring them to back mother’s day as an official holiday
anna’s efforts finally paid off in 1910 the governor of west virginia declared mother's day a state holiday on the second sunday in may the following year every other state followed suit by 1914 president woodrow wilson signed a bill declaring mother’s day a federal holiday
at first celebrations of mother's day were relatively private where children would accompany their mothers to the churches where their baptisms were held gradually though mother's day has flourished into a significant and memorable occasion where many people express their love for their mothers through thoughtful gifts and quality time with family
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