SPONSOR: Rep. Bush on behalf of all Representatives HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 15 RESPECTING AND HONORING ALL DELAWARE MOTHERS ON MAY 14, 2023, MOTHER'S DAY.
SPONSOR: Rep. Bush on behalf of all Representatives
SPONSOR: Rep. Bush on behalf of all Representatives
SPONSOR:
Rep. Bush on behalf of all Representatives
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 15
RESPECTING AND HONORING ALL DELAWARE MOTHERS ON MAY 14, 2023, MOTHER'S DAY.
WHEREAS, Mothers Day will be observed across the nation on Sunday, May 14, 2023; and WHEREAS, Mothers Day was established at the suggestion and urging of 2 distinguished American women; and WHEREAS, the call for an official Mothers Day was first issued by noted writer, reformer, and suffragist Julia Ward Howe in 1872, and this worthy cause was again taken up by Anna M. Jarvis, who organized the first American observance of Mothers Day in Philadelphia in 1907; and WHEREAS, the first Mother's Day observance was a church service honoring Mrs. Anna Reese Jarvis, held at Anna Jarvis's request in Grafton, West Virginia, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1908; and WHEREAS, carnations were supplied at that first observance of Mother's Day. White carnations were chosen because they represented the sweetness, purity and endurance of a mothers love. Red carnations, in time, became the symbol of a living mother while white ones now signify that one's mother has died; and WHEREAS, the House of Representatives in May, 1913, unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the President, his Cabinet, members of Congress, and all officials of the federal government to wear a white carnation on Mother's Day. Congress passed another Joint Resolution May 8, 1914; and WHEREAS, Anna Jarviss untiring efforts led to the passage of a joint resolution of the United States Congress, designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day which was signed by President Woodrow Wilson, resulting in the first national observance of Mothers Day in May 1914; and WHEREAS, Mother's Day is officially a national holiday in the United States with the U.S. flag to be displayed on government buildings and at people's homes, "as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country". NOW, THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 152nd General Assembly of the State of Delaware that Sunday, May 14, 2023, is hereby recognized as a very special day for all mothers in the State of Delaware. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives call on all Delawareans to reflect on the many selfless actions of their own mothers and to honor them in the original spirit of the day, as envisioned by Julia Ward Howe and Anna M. Jarvis, by giving each of them the priceless gift of love.
WHEREAS, Mothers Day will be observed across the nation on Sunday, May 14, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Mothers Day was established at the suggestion and urging of 2 distinguished American women; and
WHEREAS, the call for an official Mothers Day was first issued by noted writer, reformer, and suffragist Julia Ward Howe in 1872, and this worthy cause was again taken up by Anna M. Jarvis, who organized the first American observance of Mothers Day in Philadelphia in 1907; and
WHEREAS, the first Mother's Day observance was a church service honoring Mrs. Anna Reese Jarvis, held at Anna Jarvis's request in Grafton, West Virginia, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1908; and
WHEREAS, carnations were supplied at that first observance of Mother's Day. White carnations were chosen because they represented the sweetness, purity and endurance of a mothers love. Red carnations, in time, became the symbol of a living mother while white ones now signify that one's mother has died; and
WHEREAS, the House of Representatives in May, 1913, unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the President, his Cabinet, members of Congress, and all officials of the federal government to wear a white carnation on Mother's Day. Congress passed another Joint Resolution May 8, 1914; and
WHEREAS, Anna Jarviss untiring efforts led to the passage of a joint resolution of the United States Congress, designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day which was signed by President Woodrow Wilson, resulting in the first national observance of Mothers Day in May 1914; and
WHEREAS, Mother's Day is officially a national holiday in the United States with the U.S. flag to be displayed on government buildings and at people's homes, "as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country".
NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 152nd General Assembly of the State of Delaware that Sunday, May 14, 2023, is hereby recognized as a very special day for all mothers in the State of Delaware.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives call on all Delawareans to reflect on the many selfless actions of their own mothers and to honor them in the original spirit of the day, as envisioned by Julia Ward Howe and Anna M. Jarvis, by giving each of them the priceless gift of love.
SYNOPSIS This House Resolution recognizes Sunday, May 14, 2023, as a very special day for all mothers in the State of Delaware and calls on all Delawareans to reflect on the many selfless acts of their own mothers.
SYNOPSIS
This House Resolution recognizes Sunday, May 14, 2023, as a very special day for all mothers in the State of Delaware and calls on all Delawareans to reflect on the many selfless acts of their own mothers.