Mother’s Day Became a Holiday in 1914

110th Anniversary -- This Year’s Holiday is Sunday, May 12
  • Mother’s Day Became a Holiday in 1914
    Mother’s Day Became a Holiday in 1914

    Mothers everywhere will rejoice. So will the greeting-card companies, flower shops, and telephone providers.

    Though celebrated in pockets in previous years, Mother’s Day has been an official holiday for the last 110 years. On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as a day to honor the nation’s mothers.

    “The signing was not that important to …