Holiday History - Mother's Day
Mother’s Day was originally an anti-war movement that can be traced back to Julia Ward Howe and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”. It was a day of peace inspired by the tragedies of the American Civil War and Europe’s Franco-Prussian War. It was celebrated on June 2nd until 1931 when the holiday shifted to a May celebration date.
One curious controversy is a grammatical one over where to put that apostrophe? Today, the United States places it before the letter “s” – celebrating moms individually. But internationally, the holiday evolved from much older traditions and philosophies (some going all the way back to Roman times) that placed it after the “s”
Written by Tim McDonnell
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