The original Mother’s Day proclamation was written after the Civil war, when mothers from the South who had lost sons during the war came together with mothers from the North to declare, in the name of mothers everywhere, the end to war. Reclaim the day. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_Proclamation …
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Shouldn't it just be about Moms?
That’s the point. It has transformed into something about flowers and lunch for your mother one day of the year, when it began as something much more juicy and profound. Read the proclamation!https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/holidays/mothers-day/the-original-mother-s-day-proclamation …
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The tragedy of loss triggered those beautiful sentiments. May we learn from our past to better our future.
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Sounds like someone was calling for a Department of Peace even back then!
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