Today's Document from the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/ http://www.archives.gov/global-images/logos/nara-archives.gov-blue-home.gif Today's Document from the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/ 159 140 Daily Featured Documents from the holdings of the National Archives en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 17:55:09 -0400 <![CDATA[Mother's Day Proclamation]]> http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=509 Documents Fri, 09 May 2008 17:55:09 -0400 President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914 (detail)
On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day "as a public expression of love and reverence for the mothers of our country."
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