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The Mother’s Day Legacy: Celebrating Tradition and Honor by Jo Anne Disney El Monte
Mother’s Day is one of the most celebrated holidays of the year. Children of all ages honor their mothers on this day. History tells us that in 1872 Julia Ward Howe, a poet and writer who lived in Boston, Massachusetts, made the first suggestion to celebrate Mother’s Day in the United States. She suggested that “people observe
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a Mother’s Day on June 2nd as a day dedicated to peace.” Then, a Kentucky schoolteacher named Mary Towles Sasseen started conducting Mother’s Day celebrations in 1887. Frank E. Hering of South Bend, Indiana started a campaign for celebrating Mother’s Day in 1904. However, “the woman who started the Mother’s Day holiday we celebrate now was Anna M. Jarvis. She was born in a small town called Grafton, Virginia. Jarvis founded Mother’s Day in honor of her own mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis, who died on the second Sunday in May, 1905.” She also started the tradition of wearing a carnation. Today, it is customary to wear a red flower if your mother is living and a white flower if she is deceased. After an extensive letter
writing campaign, (Anna wrote over 10,000 letters according to W.W. Gore), and gaining the support of religious as well as newspaper and government leaders, President Woodrow Wilson announced that Congress had voted to make Mother’s Day a national holiday. The date was May 8, 1914 and Wilson said, “Everyone everywhere should honor the mothers of our country.” Mother’s Day has been on the second Sunday in May ever since then. This Mother’s Day, we honor Virginia Moseley. This remarkable woman has been active in the El Monte Community for over 60 years. She and her husband, Joe moved to El Monte in 1946 and lived there for over 37 years. In El Monte, she served as: a Den Mother to Boy Scouts in El Monte
Troop as Courtesy photo of Virginia Moseley 551 for given over nine a Lifetime years; President Membership; of Church Women United; member of the American Regent of the Daughters of Legion Auxiliary; and an the American Revolution; active member of the Coma member of the Women’s munity Presbyterian Church, Club; President of the Frank just to name a few of the Wright PTA as well
Peraza, Cyber Yogurt, Ishigaki and Saenz Family, and Life Worship Center. We would also like to thank our Department Head Secretary, Maria Sepulveda, who beautifully sang the Star Spangled Banner.
Special thanks to our Public Works staff for their help and support, especially to our Volunteer DJ Eric Bernal and Volunteer Video Technician Javier Sotelo. Special thanks to our Cheer Coordinators Veronica Meza and
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El Monte Cheerleaders Shine at Cheerleaders' Jamboree
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by Valerie Martinez El Monte
The City of El Monte held its 30th Annual Cheerleaders’ Jamboree on Saturday, April 18at the Lambert Park Bernie Boomer Gymnasium. It was a spectacular event with more than 500 people in attendance. Cheerleaders from Gibson Mariposa, Lambert, Mt. View, and Zamora parks participated in the event. The awards included: • Sweepstakes Trophy: Lambert Park • Free Style Group: Lambert Park, 1st Place; Gibson Mariposa Park, 2nd Place • Cheer Group: Mt. View Park, 1st Place; Zamora Park, 2nd Place • Spirit Stick: Mt. View Park Special thanks to the businesses and individuals for their donations: Abraham Peters, Aztec Company, California Snack Foods, Carlos
Brenda Severiano and our wonderful cheer coaches, Vanessa Rodriguez, Astrid Garcia, Mallory Grande and Ashley Najarro for making this a spectacular event that every cheerleader will fondly remember!