Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday

5/10/2008 11:05:55 AM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
luvwild Brooklyn, NY age: 41	Mothers' Day was a holiday created by the Nazis to honor the Aryan mothers who had 4 or more children. Eventually, a company we know today as Hallmark decided that they could make some money off of women in the USA by creating a Mothers' Day. So the next time you purchase a Mothers' Day card, or buy flowers or candy, don't forget to HEIL. .....Just a bit of information. [Edited 5/10/2008 12:45:38 PM]
5/10/2008 12:29:54 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
redneckhippy Pottsboro, TX age: 40	don't forget to HEIL Hitler. I didn't know that you'd met my mom.
5/10/2008 12:51:41 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
lycida Providence, RI age: 59	The history of Mother's Day is centuries old and the earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600's, the early Christians in England celebrated a day to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. By a religious order the holiday was later expanded in its scope to include all mothers, and named as the Mothering Sunday. Celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter), "Mothering Sunday" honored the mothers of England. During this time many of the England's poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday, the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch. As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the "Mother Church" - the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church. With the passage of time, the practice of this fantastic tradition ceased slowly. The English colonists settled in America discontinued the tradition of Mothering Sunday because of lack of time. In the United States, Mother's Day did not become an official holiday until 1915. Its establishment was due largely to the perseverance and love of one daughter, Anna Jarvis. Anna's mother had provided strength and support as the family made their home in West Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where her father served as a minister. As a girl, Anna had helped her mother take care of her garden, mostly filled with white carnations, her mother's favorite flower. When Mrs. Jarvis died on May 5, 1905, Anna was determined to honor her. She asked the minister at her church in West Virginia to give a sermon in her mother's memory. On the same Sunday in Philadelphia, their minister honored Mrs. Jarvis and all mothers with a special Mother's Day service. Anna Jarvis began writing to congressmen, asking them to set aside a day to honor mothers. In 1910, the governor of West Virginia proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later every state celebrated it. [Edited 5/10/2008 12:58:45 PM]
5/10/2008 2:27:50 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
luvwild Brooklyn, NY age: 41	This is really very interesting. As a student of history, I read many books that taught me otherwise. There are books such as MOTHERS IN THE FATHERLAND by Claudia Koontz who teaches history and women's studies at Duke University. Another interesting book that I studied from was WHEN BIOLOGY BECAME DESTINY - a book with essays by many different writers on contemporary history. Maybe some of these women should've looked harder into what they were writing about. Please inform me where you got your information from. As a student of history, I'd be very interested in reading this.
5/10/2008 2:31:24 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
wino631 Huntington, NY age: 53	Although a great idea, It is just another way for someone to make money. Happy Mothers Day!
5/10/2008 3:26:33 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
lycida Providence, RI age: 59	Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870 by Julia Ward Howe Arise then...women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, For caresses and applause. 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." From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe our dishonor, Nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil At the summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home For a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means Whereby the great human family can live in peace... Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, But of God - In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of nationality, May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient And the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=14859 http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=509 Whereas by House Joint Resolution 263, approved and signed by President Wilson on May 8, 1914, the second Sunday in May of each year has been designated as Mother's Day for the expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country; and Whereas Senate Resolution 218, adopted April 26, 1934, states that "there are throughout our land today an unprecedentedly large number of mothers and dependent children who, because of unemployment or loss of their bread-earners, are lacking many of the necessities of life," and the President of the United States is therein authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling for the observance of Mother's Day this year; Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon our citizens to express on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 13, 1934, our love and reverence for motherhood: (a) By the customary display of the United States flag on all Government buildings, homes, and other suitable places; (b) By the usual tokens and messages of affection to our mothers; and (c) By doing all that we can through our, fraternal and welfare agencies for the relief and welfare of mothers and children who may be in need of the necessities of life. While may be true it has become an extremely commercial holiday, that was not it's original intent. [Edited 5/10/2008 3:55:36 PM]
5/10/2008 3:36:58 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
lycida Providence, RI age: 59	This info does not contradict that nazis may have designated a day as Mothers Day for the reason you stated, Luv, but the concept and history for a Mother's Day was in existence long before the nazis or Hallmark.
5/10/2008 4:12:53 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
luvwild Brooklyn, NY age: 41	Thanks. I really appreciate the information and will look further into. Maybe I'll google and see what comes up as well.
5/10/2008 6:16:22 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
njman Jersey City, NJ age: 49	what ever is the origin of it, its a nice thing to do , happy mother's day ladies
5/10/2008 6:21:39 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
thegooddude24 Joliet, IL age: 25	It is another idea to make money I agree, but it isn't a bad one to have a special day for your mother either. I will pull out my wallet for hallmark if it is going to make my mother smile. Food for thought.
5/10/2008 9:26:17 PM	Mothers' Day-A Nazi Holiday
daddyduck Splendora, TX age: 54	Yes and Christams trees were started by pagens.........................so what? It's what it means to me and mine, that counts. Life is a case of mind over matter: If your friends don't mind the rest don't matter, is''nt there anything more important to piss and moan about?