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Trivia Answer
The idea of making Mother’s Day an official holiday was originally considered, and ultimately rejected, by Congress several years before the day became a national holiday by presidential proclamation.
Which president first issued a presidential proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day?
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. William Howard Taft
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The correct answer was Woodrow Wilson. Mother's Day initially became a holiday at the state level with West Virginia becoming the first state to do so in 1910. Wilson issued the first presidential proclamation in 1914 designating the second Sunday in May a national holiday for Mother's Day.[1][2]
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