DE HR22

Recognizes Sunday, May 8, 2022 as a special day for all mothers in Delaware.

Calls on all Delawareans to reflect on the selfless actions of their mothers and honor them with the gift of love.

Documents the history of Mother's Day, including Julia Ward Howe's 1872 call for the observance and Anna M. Jarvis's organization of the first American Mother's Day in Philadelphia in 1907.

Notes that the first Mother's Day observance occurred on May 10, 1908 in Grafton, West Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, featuring white carnations symbolizing the sweetness, purity, and endurance of maternal love.

References Congress's passage of a joint resolution in 1914 signed by President Woodrow Wilson that designated the second Sunday in May as the official national Mother's Day holiday.