| Mother's Day is, in many countries, a day
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| | first to proclaim Mother's Day, with her
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| for celebrating motherhood and thanking
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| | Mother's Day Proclamation.Anna Maria
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| mothers. Mothers often receive gifts on
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| | Reeves Jarvis (September 30, 1832 - May
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| this day, and it is a huge time of year
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| | 9, 1905) was born in Culpeper, Virginia.
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| for mail. In 1973, the U.S. Postal
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| | Jarvis worked around what is now West
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| Service was held up for 8 days because of
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| | Virginia to promote worker health and
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| the constant flow of letters and
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| | safety concerns. During the American
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| cards.OriginsMother's day has evolved in
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| | Civil War she organized women to tend to
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| many countries in different ways. This is
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| | the needs of the wounded of both sides.
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| because mother's day has different
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| | After the war she became active in the
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| origins in different countries and
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| | promotion of Mother's Day, a holiday at
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| therefore occurs on different days in the
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| | that time involved with the causes of
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| year.One school of thought claims that
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| | pacifism and social activism. She
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| this day emerged from the custom of
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| | organized meetings for mothers of
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| mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother
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| | soldiers on both sides of the late
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| worship which kept a festival to Cybele,
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| | war.Her daughter Anna Marie Jarvis (May
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| a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the
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| | 1, 1864 - November 24, 1948) of Grafton,
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| wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to
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| | West Virginia held a memorial to her
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| March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist
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| | mother on the second anniversary of her
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| that this custom spread around the
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| | mother's death (1907) and then went on a
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| world.Mothering Sunday is the celebration
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| | quest to make Mother's Day a recognized
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| of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It
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| | holiday. In 1908 formal observances were
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| takes place on the fourth Sunday of Lent.
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| | held in churches in Grafton and
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| This Sunday is also known as Mid-lent
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| | Philadelphia. By 1911 every state
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| Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday.
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| | celebrated the occasion on the second
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| Traditionally the children will bring
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| | Sunday in May. President Woodrow Wilson,
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| gifts of flowers and chocolates to their
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| | in 1914, made the official announcement
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| mother. Breakfast in bed is also an
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| | proclaiming Mother's Day as a national
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| expectation, as is a relaxing, carefree
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| | holiday and ordered the United States
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| day. It originally comes from the
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| | flag displayed on all public
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| Victorian practice of allowing servants
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| | buildings.Remember to tell your mom how
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| to return home to visit their mothers on
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| | much you appreciate her by going to see
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| this day.United States OriginsJulia Ward
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| | her, calling her, or sending her a gift.
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| Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910)
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| | Mothers deserve at least one day a year
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| was a prominent American abolitionist,
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| | to feel special.sources - wikipedia.org
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| social activist, and poet. Howe's Battle
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| | and Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
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| Hymn of the Republic was first published
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| | 1997Patricia Fason is a writer and poet.
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| in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and
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| | To see more of her work visit Sites O Web
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| quickly became one of the most popular
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| | Romances You. For suggestions on what to
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| songs for the Union during the American
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| | get your mom this year for Mother's Day
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| Civil War. After the war she focused her
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| | visit The Gift Boutique Mother's Day
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| activities on the causes of Pacifism and
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| | Section.
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| women's suffrage. In 1870 she was the
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