Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the vicious hymn to Mars called the Battle Hymn of the Republic, saw the results of Lincoln’s war, and founded Mother’s Day for international peace. Here is her great 1870 proclamation: Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to … Continue reading The Real Mother’s Day