Mother’s Day 2026

Here are some interesting facts about the origin of Mother’s Day:

– Mother’s Day was founded in the United States by Anna Jarvis in 1908. She created the holiday to honor mothers after her own mother passed away in 1905.
– The first official Mother’s Day service was held in West Virginia. Following that, Anna Jarvis campaigned to make it a national holiday.
– President Woodrow Wilson signed Mother’s Day into law in 1914, designating the second Sunday in May as the official day to celebrate.
– Even though Anna Jarvis successfully established Mother’s Day as a celebration mostly based on a church service, she later became unhappy with how companies commercialized the holiday. She felt the focus should be on genuine sentiment and appreciation for mothers, rather than profit……hmmmm?
Honor your mother, with sentiment & appreciation, with a special dinner at the Salt Cellar restaurant.