motherday

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century. It began as a day when apprentices and servants could return home for the day to visit their mothers. Traditionally, men went home with a gift of mothering cake a kind of fruitcake or fruitfilled pastry known as simnel cake . simnel cake, a rich fruitcake sometimes covered with almond paste Mother39。 s Day in America (May 12th, 2020) Thanks to Anna M. Jarvis, Mother39。 s Day has bee an official holiday in the United States. After a year when her mother died on May 9, 1905, Anna M. Jarvis attended a memorial service at their church. Inspired by the service, she thought it would be wonderful if people set aside a time to pay personal tribute to their mothers. Then, the daughter began using some of her inheritance to promote a day that would honor all mothers. She and others staged a letterwriting campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother39。 s Day. They were successful in the end. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother39。 s Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May. Carnation: the symbol of Mother39。 s Day • It was Jarvis who originated the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother39。 s Day because carnation was her mother39。 s favorite flower. • A pink carnation is to honor a living mother and a white carnation is memory of a mother who passed away. A poem done by Howard Johnson (1887–1941), an American song。