​Happy 4th of July

​Happy 4th of July

The Dinar Recaps Team wishes everyone a happy and safe 4th of July.

Due to the holiday, we will NOT have a 10pm (ET) email Newsletter Monday night.

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Why Do We Celebrate July 4th With Fireworks?

Why Do We Celebrate July 4th With Fireworks?

Sarah Pruitt  Jul 3, 2019

It’s hard to imagine Independence Day without fireworks. But how did this tradition get started?

As it turns out, setting off mini-explosions of all shapes and colors (but particularly red, white and blue) on July 4 goes back almost as far as American independence itself.

Fireworks have a long and colorful history, but the story of how they became ubiquitous on July 4 dates to the summer of 1776, during the first months of the Revolutionary War. On July 1, delegates of the Continental Congress were in Philadelphia, debating over whether the 13 original colonies should declare their independence from Britain’s Parliament as well as King George III himself.

That night, news arrived that British ships had sailed into New York Harbor, posing an immediate threat to the Continental troops commanded by George Washington.

On July 2, delegates from 12 colonies voted in favor of independence (New York would follow suit on July 9) and the motion carried.

On July 3, even as Congress revised a draft of the declaration composed by Thomas Jefferson, an excited John Adams took up his pen to write to his wife, Abigail.

“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America,” Adams wrote. “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival…It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.” Adams was off by a couple of days.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.history.com/news/july-4-fireworks-independence-day-john-adams

 Macy’s July 4th Fireworks Spectacular —See Pics From The Gorgeous Displays Across NYC:

https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/07/04/macys-2020-fourth-of-july-fireworks-photos/

View of fireworks from the National Mall   KCTV5 News  July 4 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VD8h6Oenas

50 Happy 4th Of July Quotes To Celebrate The American Dream

50 Happy 4th Of July Quotes To Celebrate The American Dream

By Roman Chiarello — Written on Jul 03, 2021

Happy 4th of July! Celebrate the birth of the American dream with the collection below of the best 4th of July quotes from founding fathers and national patriots you can share with your friends and family.

On July 4, 1776, fifty-six leaders of the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence. With this signing, our Founding Fathers declared the 2.5 million people living in the thirteen colonies members of a new, independent nation: The United States of America.

Every year, patriotic folks across the nation celebrate our freedom and this momentous occasion with fireworks, BBQ parties, parades, and outdoor games as scores of American flags can be seen soaring across the nation.

Displays and events like these bring people together to mark the day and put their American pride on full display. And being able to celebrate this American pride and patriotism is one of this country’s greatest hallmarks.

Here’s our collection of 50 of the best 4th of July quotes from founding fathers to national patriots to help you celebrate.

1. “Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.” — Abraham Lincoln

2. “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln

3. “Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.” — Ronald Reagan

4. “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.” — John Dickinson

5. “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” — Elmer Davis

6. “America means opportunity, freedom, power.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — George Orwell

8. “America, to me, is freedom.” — Willie Nelson

9. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” — Harry S. Truman

10. “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” — James Madison

11. “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” — George S. Patton

12. “With freedom comes responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

13. “The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic — have always blown on free men.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

14. “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” — Abraham Lincoln

15. “Liberty is the breath of life to nations.” — George Bernard Shaw

16. “One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

17. “May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!” — Daniel Webster

18. “In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

19. “All we have of freedom, all we use or know — This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.” — Rudyard Kipling

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.yourtango.com/2018314492/fourth-of-july-quotes-independence-day

10 Fascinating Facts About The Declaration Of Independence

10 Fascinating Facts About The Declaration Of Independence

July 4, 2022 by NCC Staff

July 4th marks the annual holiday that celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. So how much do you know about this famous document?

1. Is Independence Day really July 2?

Officially, the Continental Congress declared its freedom from Britain on July 2, 1776, when it approved a resolution and delegates from New York were permitted to make it a unanimous vote. John Adams thought July 2 would be marked as a national holiday for generations to come.

2. July 4 is when the Declaration was adopted

After voting on independence, the Continental Congress needed to finalize a document explaining the move to the public. It had been proposed in draft form by the Committee of Five (John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson) and it took two days for the Congress to agree on the edits.

3. Six people signed the Declaration and also the Constitution

Franklin was among a handful of people who signed both historical documents. The others were George Read, Roger Sherman, Robert Morris, George Clymer and James Wilson.

4. But they didn’t sign the Declaration on July 4th!

Once the Congress approved the actual Declaration of Independence document on July 4, it ordered that it be sent to a printer named John Dunlap. About 200 copies of the Dunlap Broadside were printed, with John Hancock’s name printed at the bottom. Today, 26 copies remain.

5. So what if I stumble upon a lost version of the Dunlap Broadside at a flea market?

That’s what happened in 1989 in Adamstown, Pa. It was tucked behind an old picture in a frame and it cost the buyer $4. That version of the Declaration was eventually acquired by TV producer Norman Lear for $8.1 million.

6. OK – when was the Declaration actually signed?

Most of the members of the Continental Congress signed a version of the Declaration in early August 1776 in Philadelphia. The names of the signers were released publicly in early 1777. So that famous painting showing the signing of the Declaration on July 4, 1776, is a bit of an exaggeration.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-fascinating-facts-about-the-declaration-of-independence

The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner (Copy)

The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner

How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry inspired an anthem and made its way to the Smithsonian

A conservator works on the Star-Spangled Banner in 1914. (Corbis)

By Cate Lineberry   SMITHSONIANMAG.COM   MARCH 1, 2007

On a rainy September 13, 1814, British warships sent a downpour of shells and rockets onto Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor, relentlessly pounding the American fort for 25 hours. The bombardment, known as the Battle of Baltimore, came only weeks after the British had attacked Washington, D.C., burning the Capitol, the Treasury and the President's house. It was another chapter in the ongoing War of 1812.

A week earlier, Francis Scott Key, a 35-year-old American lawyer, had boarded the flagship of the British fleet on the Chesapeake Bay in hopes of persuading the British to release a friend who had recently been arrested. Key's tactics were successful, but because he and his companions had gained knowledge of the impending attack on Baltimore, the British did not let them go. They allowed the Americans to return to their own vessel but continued guarding them. Under their scrutiny, Key watched on September 13 as the barrage of Fort McHenry began eight miles away.

"It seemed as though mother earth had opened and was vomiting shot and shell in a sheet of fire and brimstone," Key wrote later. But when darkness arrived, Key saw only red erupting in the night sky. Given the scale of the attack, he was certain the British would win. The hours passed slowly, but in the clearing smoke of "the dawn's early light" on September 14, he saw the American flag—not the British Union Jack—flying over the fort, announcing an American victory.

Key put his thoughts on paper while still on board the ship, setting his words to the tune of a popular English song. His brother-in-law, commander of a militia at Fort McHenry, read Key's work and had it distributed under the name "Defence of Fort M'Henry." The Baltimore Patriot newspaper soon printed it, and within weeks, Key's poem, now called "The Star-Spangled Banner," appeared in print across the country, immortalizing his words—and forever naming the flag it celebrated.

Nearly two centuries later, the flag that inspired Key still survives, though fragile and worn by the years. To preserve this American icon, experts at the National Museum of American History recently completed an eight-year conservation treatment with funds from Polo Ralph Lauren, The Pew Charitable Trusts and the U.S. Congress. And when the museum reopens in summer 2008, the Star-Spangled Banner will be its centerpiece, displayed in its own state-of-the-art gallery.

"The Star-Spangled Banner is a symbol of American history that ranks with the Statue of Liberty and the Charters of Freedom," says Brent D. Glass, the museum's director. "The fact that it has been entrusted to the National Museum of American History is an honor."

Started in 1996, the Star-Spangled Banner preservation project—which includes the flag's conservation and the creation of its new display in the renovated museum—was planned with the help of historians, conservators, curators, engineers and organic scientists. With the construction of the conservation lab completed in 1999, conservators began their work.

Over the next several years, they clipped 1.7 million stitches from the flag to remove a linen backing that had been added in 1914, lifted debris from the flag using dry cosmetic sponges and brushed it with an acetone-water mixture to remove soils embedded in fibers. Finally, they added a sheer polyester backing to help support the flag.

Be sure to click link below to view many pictures of flag

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-star-spangled-banner-149220970/

A "Conglomeration of Inspiration" Tuesday Night

We noticed there is a lot of tension, frustration and downright grumpiness in Dinarland lately….Hope this conglomeration of inspiration helps a bit~ Your Dinar Recaps Team

Quotable Quotes: 

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.

The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.”

All you can change is yourself, but sometimes that changes everything

If someone tells you, “You can’t” they really mean, “I can’t

The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.

“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.”

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative

We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future

The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success

With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.”

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place

Lastly remember that everything happens for reason and there are no coincidences! Your time has been well spent and you have learned much.

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More Quotable Quotes:

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. Will Rogers

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible George Burns

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. Victor Borge

I am neither for nor against apathy.

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. Groucho Marx

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. Jimmy Durante

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. Rodney Dangerfield

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. Winston Churchill

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. Phyllis Diller

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. Alex Levine

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ELO - All Over The World- (I dare you to be grumpy after watching this!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3i3vWgPyk

How many movies did you know??   lol   Enjoy

Are YOU Ready !!!! 100 Movies Dance Scenes Mashup to Funk !!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EmnSm_d2ll4#t=0

The Jive Aces present "Bring Me Sunshine"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXvJ8UquYoo

God Bless The USA (Home Free Cover)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFt9D6ZIjOQ

Paul Harvey's Letter To His Grandchildren

TNT:

Mot:  PAUL HARVEY'S LETTER TO HIS GRANDCHILDREN ...............

PAUL HARVEY'S LETTER TO HIS GRANDCHILDREN

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.

 I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches.. I really would.

I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.

I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.

And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.

It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.

I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.

 I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him.

 When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.

I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.

 On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.

If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.

 I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.

When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.

I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy / girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.

 May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.

 I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it... And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he/she is not your friend.

I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.

 May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.

I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.

 These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

Strawberry Supermoon and 5 Planets Aligned

The strawberry supermoon will brighten skies this week

It is the first of three supermoons this summer.

By Kasha Patel    June 10, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. EDT

Move aside, baseball season. Never mind, beach season. For astronomy nerds, this summer marks supermoon season.

On Tuesday night, sky watchers will witness the first of three summer supermoons. A supermoon occurs when a full moon also happens to be at its closest distance to Earth in its orbit, known as perigee. Supermoons appear brighter and larger to us on Earth, providing spectacular nighttime gazing if skies are clear.

The moon will appear full starting Sunday night but will technically reach full illumination Tuesday at 7:52 a.m. Eastern.

At around 7:24 p.m. Tuesday, the moon will be close enough to our Earth to be a supermoon. It will come within 222,238 miles of Earth (about 16,000 miles closer than its average distance) and could be about 7 percent larger and 15 percent brighter than a regular full moon.

While the criteria for a supermoon will be met Tuesday, the moon will appear full and bright in the night sky Monday through Wednesday. Check timeanddate.com for local moonrise and moonset times.

Five planets are aligned in night sky for first time in 18 years

This month’s full moon will also be the lowest full moon of the year, hovering only 23.3 degrees above the horizon Wednesday at 1:56 a.m. Eastern, according to NASA. Binoculars, a telescope or an excellent camera may help you spot craters and mountains on the lunar surface.

While the moon will appear larger and brighter, it will also accentuate low and high tides on Earth. Research suggests that decades of supermoons have been shown to heighten erosion risk on sandy beaches.

June’s full moon is commonly known as the “strawberry” moon, a name given by the Algonquin Native American tribe in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada and describing the short strawberry harvesting season in the region. European names include honey moon and rose moon, referring to honey harvesting and roses blooming during that time.

Although supermoons are not exceedingly rare, they do not occur every month. A full moon happens every 29.5 days, while the moon hits perigee every 27 days, overlapping occasionally. June’s supermoon follows another one in May.

Next month’s full moon, known as the Buck Moon, will occur July 13 and will also be a supermoon. The moon will be within 222,089 miles of Earth and is the closest supermoon of the year. August’s supermoon will occur around the 12th.

The strawberry supermoon is only one exciting celestial event occurring in June. The summer solstice on June 21 marks the astronomical end of spring and start of summer. On June 24, before dawn, sky watchers can also see Earth’s five closest planetary neighbors in a row for the first time in 18 years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/10/supermoon-strawberry-full-moon-june/

Five planets are aligned in night sky for first time in 18 years

Throughout June, you can see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in a row with your naked eye

June 7, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. EDT

In June, Mercury (not shown in diagram), Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will align in a diagonal. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

The best planetary party in 18 years has begun. Like a 17th-century astronomer, you can join it by just looking up.

Throughout June, sky watchers can see Earth’s five closest planetary neighbors in a row with their naked eyes. About half an hour before sunrise, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are aligned in their natural order from the sun stretching in a diagonal starting low in the east. On June 3 and 4, the distance between Mercury and Saturn was only 91 degrees.

 “Planets are often getting closer to each other and farther away from each other, but this is just a particularly fun order. It’s just coincidence,” said Michelle Thaller, an astronomer at NASA. “It’s just kind of this really sort of fun tour of the solar system that you can take for free.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/06/07/planet-sky-conjunction-june-five/

Memorial Day Tribute

Memorial Day Tribute

Posted by JDTolle at KTFA From Dinar Recaps Archives

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America.  Over two dozen cities and towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it’s difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day.

Regardless of the exact date or location of its origins, one thing is clear – Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor our dead.

It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed.

The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.  On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war).

It is now observed in almost every state on the last Monday in May with Congressional passage of the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 – 363). This helped ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays, though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19th in Texas; April 26th in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10th in South Carolina; and June 3rd (Jefferson Davis’ birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.

Red Poppies

In 1915, inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields,” Moina Michael replied with her own poem:

We cherish too, the Poppy red

That grows on fields where valor led,

It seems to signal to the skies

That blood of heroes never dies.

She then conceived of an idea to wear red poppies on Memorial day in honor of those who died serving the nation during war. She was the first to wear one, and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need.

Later a Madam Guerin from France was visiting the United States and learned of this new custom started by Ms. Michael. When she returned to France she made artificial red poppies to raise money for war orphaned children and widowed women.

This tradition spread to other countries. In 1921, the Franco-American Children’s League sold poppies nationally to benefit war orphans of France and Belgium. The League disbanded a year later and Madam Guerin approached the VFW for help.

Shortly before Memorial Day in 1922 the VFW became the first veterans’ organization to nationally sell poppies. Two years later their “Buddy” Poppy program was selling artificial poppies made by disabled veterans. In 1948 the US Post Office honored Ms. Michael for her role in founding the National Poppy movement by issuing a red 3 cent postage stamp with her likeness on it.

National Moment of Remembrance

The “National Moment of Remembrance” resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans “To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to ‘Taps.”

Here are the number of casualties in each U.S. war:

Civil War: Approximately 620,000 Americans died. The Union lost almost 365,000 troops and the Confederacy about 260,000. More than half of these deaths were caused by disease.

World War I: 116,516 Americans died, more than half from disease.

World War II: 405,399 Americans died.

Korean War: 36,574 Americans died.

Vietnam Conflict: 58,220 Americans died. More than 47,000 Americans were killed in action and nearly 11,000 died of other causes.

Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm: 148 U.S. battle deaths and 145 non-battle deaths.

Operation Iraqi Freedom: 4,422 U.S. service members died.

Operation New Dawn: 66 U.S. service members died.

Operation Enduring Freedom: 2,318 U.S. service members have died as of May 12, 2014.

In remembrance of all those who gave the last full measure of devotion for this great nation and the freedoms we all enjoy today.

Red Skelton Explains "The Pledge of Allegiance"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDnXcw6euIE

The Origin of Mother’s Day: 5 Surprising Facts About the Holiday

The Origin of Mother’s Day: 5 Surprising Facts About the Holiday

Good Housekeeping        April 13, 2020

These days, Mother's Day is all about greeting cards and flowers — but the history is more complex than you might know.

The Origin of Mother’s Day: 5 Surprising Facts About the Holiday

For many people, Mother’s Day is simply a joyous occasion each May, a time to spend with our children and our mothers — marked by flowers, cards, and maybe some mimosas over brunch. So you might be surprised to learn that its cheerful greeting card messages belie a much darker, more complicated origin story. In fact, Mother’s Day traces its roots back to wartime traumas, and includes plenty of controversy.

Here are five surprising facts you may not have known about Mother’s Day and its complex origins.

1) Mother’s Day officially began as a tribute to one woman.

Anna Reeves Jarvis is most often credited with founding Mother’s Day. After her mother Ann died on May 9, 1905, Jarvis set out to create a day that would honor her and moms as a group.

 She began the movement in West Virginia, which prides itself on hosting the first official Mother's Day celebration three years later at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, according to CNN. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Jarvis' idea as a national holiday to be celebrated each second Sunday in May.

2) But before that, Mother’s Day started as an anti-war movement.

Although Jarvis is widely credited as the holiday’s founder, others had floated the idea earlier — with a different agenda in mind, according to National Geographic. The poet and author Julia Ward Howe (pictured here) had aimed to promote a Mothers’ Peace Day decades before.

For her and the antiwar activists who agreed with her position — including Jarvis’ own mother — the idea of Mother’s Day should spread unity across the globe in the wake of so much trauma following the Civil War in America and Franco-Prussian War in Europe.

“Howe called for women to gather once a year in parlors, churches, or social halls, to listen to sermons, present essays, sing hymns or pray if they wished — all in the name of promoting peace,” West Virginia Wesleyan College historian Katharine Antolini noted, as cited by National Geographic.

These early attempts to create a cohesive peace-focused Mother’s Day eventually receded when the other concept took hold.

3) Mother’s Day is a $25 billion commercial holiday.

These days, Mother’s Day is a $25 billion holiday in America, with those who celebrate spending about $200 on mom, according to National Retail Federation data published in 2019.

More people buy flowers for Mother’s Day than any other time of year except during the Christmas and Hanukkah season. Gift givers spend more than $5 billion on jewelry alone, and nearly another $5 billion on that special outing. Then there’s $843 million on cards, and $2.6 billion each on flowers and gift certificates, according to the data.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

 https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/origin-mother-day-5-surprising-175800960/photo-p-many-people-href-https-175800684.html

A Mothers Beatitudes

A Mothers Beatitudes

Author unknown

Blessed is the mother who understands her child, for she will inherit a kingdom of memories.

Blessed is the mother who knows how to comfort, for she shall possess a child of devotion.

Blessed is the mother who guides by the path of righteousness for she shall be proud of her children

Happy Mother's Day - A Beautiful Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVBdF2QU3Kk

 Blessed is the mother who is never shocked, for she will receive and know confidence and security.

Blessed is the mother who teaches respect, for she shall be respected.

Blessed is the mother who looks for the good in things and minimizes the bad, for in like manner the child shall make evaluations.

Blessed is the mother who answers questions honestly for she shall be trusted

Blessed is the mother who treats her child as she would be treated, for her home shall always be filled with happiness.

Blessed is the mother who has character strong enough to withstand the thoughtless remarks and resentment of the growing child, for again in due time she shall be honored.

The Mom Song Sung to William Tell Overture with Lyrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM