mother's day was made a national holiday in 1960.
mother's day was made a national holiday in 1960.
when was mother's day made a national holiday?
1960
in 1908, pope pius x designated st. john the baptist as the patron saint of french canadians. from 1914 to 1923 the processions were not held. in 1925, 91 years after the ludger duvernay's banquet in montreal, june 24 became provincially a legal holiday in quebec.









































section::::the "fête nationale".









































in quebec, june 24 (saint-jean-baptiste day), or national holiday, is officially a paid statutory public holiday covered under the "act respecting labour standards". in 1977, an order in council by lieutenant governor hugues lapointe, on the advice of rené lévesque, declared june 24 the national holiday in quebec.
saint-jean-baptiste day
hale may be the individual most responsible for making thanksgiving a national holiday in the united states; it had previously been celebrated mostly in new england. each state scheduled its own holiday, some as early as october and others as late as january; it was largely unknown in the american south. her advocacy for the national holiday began in 1846 and lasted 17 years before it was successful. in support of the proposed national holiday, hale wrote letters to five presidents of the united states: zachary taylor, millard fillmore, franklin pierce, james buchanan, and abraham lincoln. her initial letters failed to persuade, but the letter she wrote to lincoln convinced him to support legislation establishing a national holiday of thanksgiving in 1863. the new national holiday was considered a unifying day after the stress of the american civil war. before thanksgiving's addition, the only national holidays celebrated in the united states were washington's birthday and independence day.
sarah josepha hale