Transcript October 17 th 2010 Mother`s Day Historians believe that our modern

October 17th 2010
Mother's Day
•Historians believe that our modern day tradition
of honoring our mothers dates back to the ancient
cultures of Greece and Rome.
•Mother goddesses were worshipped in both of these
cultures during the spring and in religious
festivals.
•The celebration of Mother's Day as a holiday in the
United States is attributed to Mrs. Anna Jarvis, who
dedicated her life to promoting the holiday. She was
inspired by her own mother's devotion to the raising
of a family of eleven children.
•On the second anniversary of her mother's death,
the second Sunday in May, Anna Jarvis convinced
her mother's parish in West Virginia to hold a
celebration of Mother's Day.
•The church was decorated with her mother's
favorite flower, the white carnation, a symbol of
sweetness, purity and endurance.
•Mother's Day - the day of flowers The white
carnation was originally worn to symbolize a
mother who has passed away and a red
carnation for one who is living.
•However, many other flowers are now accepted as
being significant on Mother's Day. In 1910, West
Virginia officially recognized Mother's Day, and in
1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed it a
national holiday.
Mrs. Anna
Jarvis
and daughter
Anna Jarvis
•Mother's
Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries
around the world, but not all nations celebrate on the same day.
•In the United States, Mother's Day is always celebrated on the
second Sunday in May.
•Many
other countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy,
Turkey, Australia and Belgium also celebrate Mother's Day on
the same day as the United States.
•England,
however, celebrates Mother's Day on the fourth
Sunday of Lent.
•And in Argentina it is the third Sunday in October.
•International Mother's Day is actually celebrated on May 11.
•Mother's Day is a time for honoring and thanking our own
mothers for giving us life, raising us and being a source of
emotional support and love.