This Day in History: Mother’s Day proclamation signed

Published: May 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM EDT

(WDBJ) - May 9, 1914:

President Woodrow Wilson, acting on a joint congressional resolution, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.

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