Article: Call forworld peace echoes onMother's Day.(Home Front)

Byline: Mary Winter, Rocky Mountain News

Mother's Day is sometimes traced to ancient Greeks, who celebrated mother goddess Rhea with spring festivals. In 1600s England, on the fourth Sunday of Lent, servants were reportedly given the day off to visit their mothers.

In our own country, Mother's Day had a little different origin: The day was first proposed not as a festival but as a call for world peace.

In 1870, Julia Ward Howe launched Mother's Day for Peace with the following Mother's Day Proclamation:

Arise then . . . women of this day!

Arise, all women who have hearts!

Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! ...

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