John Wanamaker presided over the Mothers Day service held in the Wanamaker Store Auditorium in Philadelphia in the afternoon of May 10, 1908. The auditorium ha Credit: The Book Report
Philadelphia is the mother of Mother's Day, thanks in large part to 20th century entrepreneur John Wanamaker.The first Mother’s Day celebrations occurred simultaneously in Philadelphia and West Virginia on May 10, 1908, and that...