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President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914

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President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914

President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914 (Presidential Proclamation 1268)., 05/09/1914 ; General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 1992; Record Group 11; National Archives.

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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