History of Mother's Day-Oshokan Farewell

Following the blood bath of the Civil War, in 1870, Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic) issued a passionate appeal to all mother's to rise up and prevent their sons from going to war evermore. It was called the "Mother's Day Proclamation."  It's yearly observance was to seal the conviction of all mother's around the world to promote peace by not allowing their sons to engage in warfare.  In this 150th year following our disunion...or Civil War, I played "Oshokan Farewell," the theme from the famous Civil War documentary by Ken Burns.