Archive for May, 2010
In the United States, Mother’s Day was loosely inspired by the British day and was first suggested after the American Civil War by social activist Julia Ward Howe. Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic) was horrified by the carnage of the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War and so, in 1870, she tried to issue a manifesto for peace at international peace conferences in London and Paris (it was much like the later Mother’s Day Peace Proclamation).
During the Franco-Prussian war in the 1870s, Julia began a one-woman peace crusade and made an impassioned “appeal to womanhood” to rise against war. She composed in Boston a powerful plea that same year (generally considered to be the original Mothers’ Day proclamation*) translated it into several languages and distributed it widely. In 1872, she went to London to promote an international Woman’s Peace Congress. She began promoting the idea of a “Mother’s Day for Peace” to be celebrated on June 2, honoring peace, motherhood and womanhood.
In the Boston Mass, she initiated a Mothers’ Peace Day observance on the second Sunday in June, a practice that was to be established as an annual event and practiced for at least 10 years. The day was, however, mainly intended as a call to unite women against war. It was due to her efforts that in 1873, women in 18 cities in America held a Mother’s Day for Pace gathering.
You may read the rest of this interesting story at this website:
http://www.theholidayspot.com/mothersday/history.htm
Don’t be surprised if your kids go to a friend’s home and play with one of their Quadro Play Sets and come home and ask to have one of their own. It will happen!
So here’s the scoop on just what a Quadro Playset is. First of all Quadro makes several sets, each of which come with building plans for many different playsets for children. With some kits you will be able to build airplanes, trucks, carts. With other kits you may build a house, juice bar, theatre etc. Or just construct structures for climbing.
Quadro™ kids toys are the most unique and versatile large scale play construction system you will own. You will find the modular tubes, connectors and panels are lightweight yet strong and long-lasting. As your kids grow these Quadro indoor/outdoor play sets will grow with them.
Quadro playsets are weather proof and the colors are mostly UV resistant. Each of our Quadro™” play structures kits encourage creative, open ended play time that children thrive on mentally and physically.
Quadro™ construction kits are designed to help children become more secure, confident and socially responsible and will help them develop balance, strength and a range of motor skills. Children’s activities with Quadro™ play structures are only limited by their imagination.
With this Quadro Starter Kit – pictured above – you may build play structures such as a house, theatre, juice bar and goals. Use two of the panels and make a small slide; great for small children.