Mother's Day Animations

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Little girl playing dress-up - 11K

Girl playing dress-up smaller - 5k

Girl playing dress-up tiny - 5K

African-American girl plays dress-up - 5K

Chicken choke! gross 2D cartoon - 185K

Whistler's momma 2D cartoon 65K

Old Mother Hubbard outrageous 2D 157K

Mother's Day breakfast tray - 8K

Mother's Day Breakfast Tray small version - 8K

African-American Mother's Day breakfast tray - 7K

Happy Mother's Day bouncing sign - 8K

Happy Mother's Day small sign - 5K

Leaving the nest - 26K

Leaving the nest small version - 22K

Leaving the nest tiny version - 5K

Mother bird and chick still picture - 20K

Blushing puppy with flower - 5K

Puppy with flower blushes smaller - 5K

Mother's Day flowers - 10K

Mother's Day flowers smaller - 5K

Mother's Day flowers with African-American boy - 5K

Mother's Day flowers still picture - 24K

Dancing "I Love You" - 18K

Have you called your mom lately? - 16K

Mom on phone smaller - 13K

Weighting for your call - 17K

African-American lady waiting for call - 16K

Waiting for your call lighter colors - 17K

Boy picking flowers Web page background - 2K
 

Mother's day was first suggested in the United States by Julia Ward Howe, writer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. She suggested that this day be dedicated to peace. Miss Howe organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston every year.

In 1877, Mrs. Juliet Calhoun Blakely inadvertently set Mother's Day in motion. On Sunday, May 11, 1877, which was Mrs. Blakely's birthday, the pastor of her Methodist Episcopal Church left the pulpit abruptly, distraught over the behavior of his son. Mrs. Blakely stepped to the pulpit to take over the remainder of the service and called for other mothers to join her.

By 1911, Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state in the Union. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday to be held each year on the second Sunday of May.