1. 1914: President Wilson issues proclamation for Mother’s Day holiday.
President Wilson with his wife and daughters
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Famous Mom “Carol Brady”
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It was on this day back in 1914 that President Woodrow Wilson made the official proclamation that would make the second Sunday in May become the national holiday that would be dedicated to the ones responsible for all us to be here: our mothers. Of course, Mother’s Day had been celebrated long before that; it was originally the idea of Julia Ward Howe in late 1872 and then again in 1907 by Anna Jarvis, but it wasn’t until 1914 that Mother’s Day became a national holiday. President Wilson proclaimed that the intention of the holiday was designed “as a public expression of love and reverence for the mothers of our country.”
