Last Sunday was Mother’s Day. In 1908, Anna Jarvis honored her mother, who helped injured Civil War soldiers, with this ...

Last weekend was Mother’s Day. I spent a happy time with Mom here at Arbutus Park Retirement Community in Richland Township. There’s an interesting thing about Mother’s Day. We not only celebrate ...

Ms. Munro claims that Mother’s Day “was originally intended as a day to celebrate mothers’ activism”. According to history., “Anna Jarvis, who had no children of her own, conceived of ...

West Virginia activist Ann Jarvis organized "Mothers' Work Clubs" to improve health in her community. She eventually launched a "Mother's Friendship Day" to help reunite families divided by the ...

Mother’s Day was created by a social activist who later disowned the holiday and died in West Chester fighting against its ...

Ann had had eleven children and only three of these had reached adulthood. Anna Jarvis - her daughter Also, by offering this service to both sides involved in the American Civil War, it helped ...

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American Fork’s boys and girls swept the 6A state championships on Saturday at the state track meet at BYU. For the boys, it ...

Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, which was contained to an upstairs bedroom. No injuries were reported.