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Mother's Day

Traditional Women’s Music from Ghana album cover

A Mother’s Day to end all wars

Future Folk

If you haven’t heard, Mother’s Day is this weekend.

Neha Mahajan and Mom

Celebrating Mother’s Day from ‘across the seven seas’

Culture
A man wears a sombrero as he listens to Latin music in celebration of Cinco de Mayo in Atlanta, Georgia.

Why Americans celebrate the Mexican holiday that Mexico doesn’t care about

Culture
Deepak Singh's mother, Nirmala. He says it would be almost insulting to send her a Mother's Day card.

I’ve never sent my mother a Mother’s Day card

Culture

What Not to Give Mom for Mother’s Day

The World

For Mother’s Day

Arts, Culture & Media

The first American Mother’s Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virgina on May 10, 1908. It was inspired by the British version of the day and imported by social activist Julia Ward Howe to honor moms after the Civil War.