MIAMI, United States. — Every second Sunday of May, Mother’s Day is celebrated in many countries. However, the reason for that date to honor them continues to be an unknown matter for many.
The story points out that the choice of the second Sunday in May to celebrate Mother’s Day is due to the influence of Anna Jarvis, an American activist who fought for the creation of a special day to honor them.
After the death of her own mother in 1905, Jarvis began promoting the idea of a mother’s day in the United States. With the help of friends and patrons, he began lobbying political and religious leaders to recognize a special day to honor mothers.
Finally, in 1914, the US Congress passed a resolution establishing the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day for the entire country. The date was chosen to honor the anniversary of the death of Jarvis’s mother, who had been a community activist and peace advocate.
Since then, many other countries have adopted the date of the second Sunday in May to celebrate Mother’s Day, although some nations celebrate it on different dates.
In the case of Cuba, the first celebration of Mother’s Day was promoted by Dr. Eduardo Queral Mayo.
The event would have occurred on May 10, 1919 in the Los Perseverantes lodge, in Puerto Padre, in Las Tunas.
According to reports of the timeit was not until April 22, 1921 that, at the proposal of the journalist Víctor Muñoz, the celebration of the date was given official character when it was approved by the city council of Havana,
In 1928, Mother’s Day was extended to the entire country.
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