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Darrell Castle discusses the origins and significance of Mother's Day.
Darrell Castle doesn’t talks about war today, but about mothers and Mother’s Day. Transcription / Notes MOTHER’S DAY Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 8 th day of May in this the year of our Lord 2026. I am so happy today because my beat is not war but mothers which will make most people happy and uplifted because after all who doesn’t like and respect mothers and stories about them. Mother’s Day as a national holiday had kind of a dual start or I guess you could say dual founders. Both of the women who started the day as a way to honor and support mothers did it because of the severe rural poverty and resulting infant mortality in their native Appalachia. In 1887 Mary Towles Sasseen from Henderson Kentucky led her class since she was a teacher, in what is believed to be the first observance of Mother’s Day. Mary traveled around Kentucky and Ohio trying to have the day recognized as a national holiday but she died in 1906 before that happened. Schools in several states adopted the idea and in 1926 the Kentucky legislature passed a resolution officially recognizing Mary as the founder of the day. The creation of Mother’s Day…
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Host: Darrell Castle
Topics covered
- Mother's Day
- history
- mothers
- Appalachia
- national holiday
Keywords
- Mother's Day
- history
- Mary Towles Sasseen
- Ann Reeves Jarvis
- Appalachia
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Places: Kentucky, Ohio
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