Perhaps you don't know, the mother's day initiative originated from a Sunday school in Gavton, West Virginia, USA.
1876, the United States is still mourning the victims of the civil war. Anna jarvis teaches Memorial Day in a chapel. After telling the story of the hero who died in the battle, she prayed: "I hope that somewhere and at some time, someone will create a mother's day to commemorate and praise the mothers of the United States and the whole world."
Mrs Chavez has served her church for more than 25 years. When she died at the age of 72, her 465,438+0-year-old daughter Anna decided to create a Mother's Day to fulfill her mother's wish to pray many years ago.
Anna has written to many celebrities, asking them to support the establishment of Mother's Day to promote filial piety. At first, she was indifferent, but she was not discouraged and continued to appeal to all walks of life.
1907 On May 12, Andre Methodist Church held a week for mothers at the invitation of Anna. The following year, this ceremony was held in Philadelphia and received a warm response. Finally, it won the support of the governor of Victoria and announced the establishment of Mother's Day in the state. The telephone number is 19 10.
Then, many states in the United States, Canada and Mexico successively recognized Mother's Day and held celebrations.
19 14, US President Wilson asked Congress to pass a resolution to make Mother's Day a national holiday, and called on people to "publicly express our love for their mothers". All over the world have followed suit, thus becoming "International Mother's Day".
Anna originally suggested that the date of her mother's death should be May 10, but later, in order to facilitate people to celebrate for their families, she chose the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.