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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