http://www.peace.ca/mothersdayproclamati....
UPDATE Lambert adds:
Mother's Day was originally started after the Civil War, as a protest to the carnage of that war, by women who had lost their sons. Here is the original Mother's Day Proclamation from 1870, followed by a bit of history (or should I say "herstory"):
The proclamation is from Julia Ward Howe: Read below the fold...
From Shakespeare's Sister:
Donate, everyone. Please. Whatever you can manage. And tell others. Read below the fold...
