DE HR14

Recognizes Sunday, May 14, 2017, as Mother's Day in Delaware and designates it as a special day to honor all mothers in the state.

Documents the history of Mother's Day, established through the efforts of Julia Ward Howe (who called for it in 1872) and Anna M. Jarvis (who organized the first observance in Philadelphia in 1907).

Notes that the first Mother's Day service was held on May 10, 1908, in Grafton, West Virginia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, honoring Anna Reese Jarvis, with white carnations representing maternal virtue.

References the U.S. House of Representatives' 1913 resolution requesting federal officials to wear white carnations on Mother's Day and President Woodrow Wilson's 1914 designation of the second Sunday in May as the national Mother's Day holiday.

Calls on all Delawareans to honor their mothers by reflecting on their selfless actions and giving them the gift of love in the spirit originally envisioned by Howe and Jarvis.