Where does Mother's Day come from?

Mother's Day is originally from America. The American Anna Jarvis is the founder of Mother's day. Mother Jarvis died in 1906 on the second Sunday in May with Anna by her side. On this day she decided to organize something to honor all mothers. She told church leaders what she wanted. They thought it was a good idea and the first Mother's Day would take place in 1907 in Crafton on the second Sunday in May, the first Sunday after her mother's death day, the first General Memorial Day of all Mothers.

Anna brought 500 carnations with her and gave them to every mother in her church on that day. This day was to be repeated every year in Crafton, but Anna wanted Mother's Day to be celebrated in more cities. Anna talked to publishers, businessmen and church leaders across the country, and she wrote over 10,000 letters to the Governor of West Virginia, among other things. In 1910 the governor called on the whole state to celebrate Mother's Day. Again on the second Sunday in May.
Anna went with her idea to the then President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, who declared Mother's Day a national holiday in 1914. Since that year, Mother's Day has been celebrated every second Sunday in May. But it took until 1914 for Mother's Day to become an official national holiday in America, on which all mothers were given flowers. Then Mother's Day soon transferred to Mexico and then spread to Western Europe.

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