Okay, almost the obvious, Mother’s Day celebrates its 100th birthday in Philadelphia this Sunday. You can celebrate depending on whom you want to give credit for it. You can read my article about the progression of women trying to honor their mothers at Her Christian Blog and decide for yourself.
Of course Woodrow Wilson didn’t make it official until 1914, right before the advent of traffic lights later that year so we were making progress. All in all though, 2008 counts as 100 years since the first celebration of a Mother’s Day service, which was officially held May 10th 1908.
The festivities will be highlighted by the playing of the Wanamaker Organ, and a cake that I’m sure will not feed the 82 million moms in the US. Who’s bringing the chocolate?
So do you think Hallmark has a special card to celebrate the birthday of Mother’s Day?
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