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The earliest known Mother's Day originated in ancient Greece.On this day, the ancient Greeks paid tribute to Hera, the mother of the Greek gods.Later, in the middle of the 17th century, the festival spread to England.On this day, young people who are away from home will return home and give their mothers some small gifts.
　　Mother's Day in the United States was initiated by Anna Jarvis (1864-1948). She was unmarried for life and stayed with her mother.Anna Jarvis's mother was kind and compassionate. She proposed to set up a memorial day to commemorate the mothers who made dedication in obscurity, but this wish was not fulfilled, and she passed away.Her daughter Anna Jarvis started holding events in 1907 and applied to make Mother’s Day a legal holiday.The festival officially began on May 1908, 5 in West Virginia and Pennsylvania in the United States. In 10, the U.S. Congress determined that the second Sunday in May each year was the statutory Mother's Day, and stipulated that every household should fly the national flag on this day to show respect for their mothers.And Anna Jarvis’s mother’s favorite carnation has become a symbol of American Mother’s Day.
　　In 1876, the United States was still mourning the victims of the Civil War.Mrs. Anna Jarvis (Anna Jarvis) taught a course on the Memorial Day of the United States in the Mother’s Day Church. After talking about the heroic story of the death of the battle in the battle, she said in prayer: "I hope somewhere, sometime, Someone will create a Mother's Day to commemorate and praise mothers in the United States and the world."
　　Mrs. Chavez served her chapel for more than 25 years. When she died at the age of 72, her 41-year-old daughter Anna, determined to create a Mother's Day to fulfill the wish that her mother had prayed for years ago.Anna wrote to many prestigious figures, asking them to support the establishment of Mother’s Day to promote filial piety. The initial response was cold, but she was not discouraged and continued to appeal to all walks of life. On May 1907, 5, the Andre Methodist Church responded. Anna was invited to hold a worship service for the mothers.The following year, the ceremony was held in Philadelphia, and the response was overwhelming. It finally won the support of the Governor of Victoria and announced the establishment of Mother's Day in the state in 12. In 1910, activities to celebrate Mother's Day have been carried out very widely, not only sweeping every state in the United States of America, but also some countries in Canada, Mexico and South America have begun to celebrate this holiday.The people of the United States of America also distributed the flyers promoting Mother’s Day in ten different languages ​​to various countries in order to expand their influence.In the following years, the enthusiasm for the celebration of Mother's Day has increased unabated. In 1911, the United States of America established the International Mother’s Day Association.
　　In May 1913, the House of Representatives of the United States of America unanimously passed a resolution calling on the President and all officials in the Cabinet, the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the federal government to wear white dianthus flowers on Mother's Day. In 5, the Congress of the United States of America officially named the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day and asked the president to issue a declaration calling on government officials to fly the national flag on all public buildings.Immediately afterwards, President Wilson told citizens of the whole country to also hang national flags on their homes to show people's love and respect for all mothers in the United States of America.Since then, the President of the United States of America has issued a declaration with the same content every year.Since then, Mother's Day has been carried out in various countries.
Chinese Mother's Day, Mencius's mother Mengmu's birthday, the second day of the fourth lunar month.The date was proposed by the Chinese Mother's Day Promotion Association, aiming to educate the younger generation to appreciate maternal love, while allowing mothers to learn and appreciate the qualities of virtuous mothers, so as to better cultivate the next generation.