And further on, “Thirty-nine years ago Julia Ward Howe instituted this festival for peace,--a time for the women and children to come together; to meet in the country, invite the public, and recite, speak, sing and pray for ‘those things that make for peace.’ ”Aid it, paper, aid it, pen,
Aid it, hearts of earnest men.Julia Ward Howe, 1874.
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her perfect English each speech in full to the delight of the delegates and the admiration of all.”
The last celebration of her Mothers' Day was held in Riverton, New Jersey, on June 1, 1912, by the Pennsylvania Peace Society, in conjunction with the Universal Peace Union.
On the printed invitation to this festival we read
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