Â­. Â­If you've ever heard a car engine running without a muffler, you know what a huge difference a muffler can make to the noise level. Inside a muffler, you'll find a deceptively simple set of tubes with some holes in them.
On June 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington proclaimed the nationâs first âFatherâs Day.â However, it was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Motherâs Day official, that the day became a nationwide holiday in the United States.
Motherâs Day: Inspiration for Fatherâs Day. The âMotherâs Dayâ we celebrate today has its origins in the peace-and-reconciliation campaigns of the post-Civil War era. During the 1860s, at the urging of activist Ann Reeves Jarvis, one divided West Virginia town celebrated âMotherâs Work Daysâ that brought together the mothers of Confederate and Union soldiers.