Mother's Day Stand for Peace - May 9, 3:00

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Mother’s Day turns 140 years old this year!

To celebrate, we will once again Stand for Peace

on 95th Street in Overland Park in front of the Oak Park Mall,

May 9 at 3:00

We know what you really want this Mother's Day. Because we are mothers too and want the same thing. You want a world that focuses on creating peace for your children, not war. A world that does not put your children at risk for violence at home or abroad. You want a day that will hold up the vision of a future for your children where they are safe, first and foremost.

In the words spoken 140 years ago by Julia Ward Howe in her Mother's Day Proclamation:


Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of
charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.


OK, flowers cards and brunch make us feel special and honored. But Mother's Day was not originally designed as a day to honor the work of mothers. It was created 140 years ago as a day for mothers, then without a voice and without a vote, to speak out against war and to stand for peace. Help us return Mother's Day as it was truly intended by originator Julia Ward Howe. Explore our website and then download a sign or recycle one from last year!



Julia will be there again this year! Come and recite her 140 year old words that are as relevant today as they were then.



Sara



Sara L. Sautter

Director of Religious Education

Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church

913-381-3336

www.smuuchurch.org



Take Back Mother's Day!

2010 is the 140th Anniversary of Julia Ward Howe's

Mother's Day Proclamation

www.juliasvoice.org

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1. julia ward info may be incorrect

Day.

Question of Who Originated Mother's Day is Settled

As the popularity of Mother's Day continued to grow, many organizations claimed the idea originated with them. The Society of American War Mothers, a national women's organization dedicated to the ideals exemplified by Mother's Day, decided to conduct its own impartial investigation.

After sifting through divergent claims and information, the group's findings were published in the February, 1925 issue of "The American War Mother."

i found this interesting,and i quote:
"We have been thoroughly convinced by documented evidence that the inspiration for the present Mother's Day came from a man-Frank E. Hering of South Bend, Indiana-and that the medium through which he carried his campaign over the number of years was the Fraternal Order of Eagles."

The article traced the F.O.E.'s efforts to Hering's first public speeches about on the topic in 1904 and 1905 and concluded that "Mr. Hering's activities and addresses in favor of Mother's Day antedated by three years the first observance of Mother's Day in the city of Philadelphia, which was in May 1908."

The piece also quoted Hering's presentations to the Kansas City Eagles and their guests: "The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an organization of men bound together very largely by sentimental ties. Now, the finest sentiments are those woven around the home. The keystone of the home is the Mother. The Eagles to meet their fullest obligation must do everything in their power to keep the family intact, and to aid mothers and children, especially in times of sickness and want."

During an interview with "The American War Mother," Hering explained, "The observance of Mother's Day is only part of a logical and consistent social welfare philosophy that for a quarter of a century has been intelligently followed by the Eagles. The fundamental proposition is: "Protect the home." The mother is the keystone of the problem. Today this powerful Order has the assets of $30 million and 600,000 members. And the rallying cry is, "For Mother and Home."