RESOLUTION NO. 8528 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, RECOGNIZING MAY 10 AS DÍA DE LAS MADRES IN THE CITY OF HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA
 

Staff Recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 8528
 

In the United States, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May recognizing the contributions made by mothers to their families, communities, and society as a whole. The first Mother’s Day was observed on May 10, 1908 in Grafton, West Virginia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This would become a national holiday in 1914. Later, in 1922, Mexican journalist and founder of the El Excelsior newspaper, Rafael Alducin, proposed May 10 as a special day to celebrate mothers. El Excelsior would go on to campaign for a national holiday. This paid off in 1940 when May 10 was officially declared a holiday in Mexico, making it the first Latin American country to recognize Mother’s Day (or as it is officially known, Día de las Madres). Subsequently, Guatemala and El Salvador would officially adopt May 10 as Día de las Madres. In the many years since, the nationwide Hispanic population has grown to nearly one-fifth of the United States population, with 15 million calling the State of California home. Los Angeles County has the largest Hispanic population of any county at well over 4 million and the City of Hawthorne has a Hispanic population of 55.8% according to the US Census Bureau. This resolution serves to honor the profound contributions of the mothers in the local Hispanic community who enhance the rich, unique character of our city with cultural traditions dating back centuries.
 

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