Mother’s Day may have originated, at least in the United States, as a call to women to present a united front against war. If that’s the actual origination, happily excluding Mother’s Day from the ubiquitous list of holidays created by greeting card companies, then Julia Ward Howe is credited with bringing the idea here.
It’s said she modeled it on a British custom that stemmed from an antiquated
I found this link after hearing a soliloquy on Boston Legal saying more than 6000, SIX THOUSAND military and ex-military people (that’s PEOPLE, not soldiers, recruits, or resources…it’s dead PEOPLE, men and women who no longer exist on this Earth).
CBS has released some casualty numbers: “At least 120 Americans who served in the U.S. military killed themselves per week in 2005, CBS News learned in a five-month investigation into veteran suicides. That’s 6,256 veteran suicides in one year, in 45 states.”
Add that to the 4,000 killed outright in this WAR. Then factor in those who died after coming home, those maimed, and those who will suffer consequences for life with damn little help from their country.
In Memorium
Away they have gone
To a far land
No longer to come again
Never to hold my hand
All that now remains
Are lovely unwashed memories
Which are like footprints on sand
