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Albion, Michigan Historical Markers, Mother's

http://www.globalindex.com/markers/albion/amark01.htm

Brief story about a historical marker commemorating Mother's Day in Albion, Michigan.

http://parentsplace.com/family/mothersday/gen/0,,12581,00.html

Provides history of the holiday, stories about giving birth, and people sharing their holiday memories.

http://www.mothersdayshrine.org

The Shrine Committee is dedicated to the preservation of this historic site of the first Mother's Day observance, held in Grafton, West Virginia in 1908.

Julia Ward Howe

http://www3.edgenet.net/fcarpenter/howe.html

Mother's Day Proclamation

Mother's Day and Peace

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa013100d.htm

The story of Julia Ward Howe's initiation of a Mother's Day for Peace.

Mother's Day History

http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/mothersday/index.htm

Find the history of Mother's Day.