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Origin of Mothers Day Traced Across Cities and Times
A survey of claims from Albion New York Henderson Kentucky Indianapolis Indiana Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Philadelphia origins traces the modern Mother’s Day to church and school observances and to a 1908 Philadelphia service led by Miss Anna Jarvis. The movement gained national status with a 1913 state holiday, presidential proclamation and widespread observances, amplified by WWI letters from soldiers to mothers.
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Y Elmo Scott Watson
Athough
Asia Minor
Ithea
Hilaria
Greece
Rome
Albion
N. Y
Henderson
Mary Towles Sasseen Wilson
Ohio River
Miss Sasseen
Little
Center Street
Springfield
Ohio
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Congressional
Congress of the United States
Indiana
Frank E. Hering
Order of Eagles
Indianapolis Times
Boyd Gurley
Pulitzer
America
Lodge of Eagles
Notre Dame
Otto de Luse
South Bend
Frank Evering
Eagles’ Lodges
Congress
Andea
Philadelphia
Wilson
United States
Anna Jarvis
Jarvis
Virginia
Miss Jarvis
Pennsylvania
Boston
Senate
House of Representatives
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
France
New York
Wiliam McKinley