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Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.com. Allen County Library Genealogy Center. By Delia Happy Mother’s Day! For many children, this is the day you call, send a card or take your mother a gift. If you are a mother, this is the day your small children bring flowers from your garden and your adult children brave every other family in the country to take you out to eat.
But Mother’s Day actually has an interesting history with roots in the Civil War. Ann Reeves was born in Virginia in 1832. Elsewhere in the country, temperance groups were also promoting a day to honor mothers who should band together to fight the demon liquor, but they had no connections specifically to Ann’s activities. Two years later, Ann’s daughter Anna Jarvis, organized a private memorial service for her mother, and in 1908, two public services were held. In the following years, Anna continued to promote a day to recognize mothers and their contribution to civilization, and to promote peace by honoring women who had lost or were at risk of losing sons in military conflicts. Old Maps Online. Free Family History and Genealogy Records — FamilySearch.org.
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