WASHINGTON — It’s been 104 years since Congress officially set aside the second Sunday in May to celebrate mothers. And it’s all thanks to a woman who wasn’t even a mother herself.
Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau released this and other fun facts about the holiday through their Statistics in Schools program.
Here are some interesting things about Mother’s Day you might not have known.
![This is an undated picture of Anna Jarvis, from Grafton, West Virginia, who promoted and achieved the proclamation of Mother's Day as a national holiday, in honor of her mother, Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis. (AP Photo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/anna-jarvis-912x1254.jpg)
Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother’s Day on May 10, 1908 in West Virginia and Philadelphia. Jarvis asked Congress to grant a special day to honor mothers.
President Woodrow Wilson established the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day in 1914, but Jarvis would soon after lobby the government to have it removed from the American calendar as she thought it had become too commercialized by florists, card companies and other merchants. According to History.com, Jarvis envisioned Mother’s Day as a personal celebration between mothers and families. This is an undated picture of Anna Jarvis, from Grafton, West Virginia, who promoted and achieved the proclamation of Mother’s Day as a national holiday, in honor of her mother, Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis. (AP Photo)
![Graduation hat with degree paper on a stack of book against blurred background](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ThinkstockPhotos-654454404-1880x1254.jpg)
![Topping the list of popular baby names for the third year in a row are Emma and Noah, according to The Social Security Administration (iStock).](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thinkstock_021917_babiesfeetjpg.gif)
![Mother and daughter (5-7) embracing, woman holding card](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/greeting-card-mother-daughter-thinkstock.jpg)
-Age 20-24: 37 percent
-Age 25-29: 24 percent
-Age 30-34: 12 percent
-Age 35-39: 4 percent
-Age 40 and older: 1 percent (Thinkstock)
![Send Your Love Florist designer Rachel Barger designs Teleflora's Romantic Heartstrings Bouquet in Greensboro , N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Teleflora's 'Love Rocks' sweepstakes launched on January 21 and runs until 10 p.m. (PST) February 10. During the span of the sweeps, each time a customer places an order for a romantic Heartstrings Bouquet from teleflora.com, they will be automatically entered to win one of nine heart-shaped diamond necklaces valued at $15,000. Teleflora will select three lucky winners of a show-stopping diamond necklace every week leading up to Valentine's Day. Get your orders in by Sunday night for the weekly Monday drawings starting January 28 with additional drawings on February 4 and February 11. Orders placed early increase the odds of winning the lottery. (Jim R. Bounds/AP Images for Teleflora)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AP_873800040826-1880x1254.jpg)
![Anti-Valentine Day cards rest on the shelf as Lori Schwartz picks out Valentines Day cards for her children, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, in Beachwood, Ohio. Sensing a growing trend, and more potential customers, Cleveland-based American Greetings Corp. has launched a new line of "anti-Valentine's" cards, expressions for lovers who'd rather be big goofs than big flirts, as well as singles not struck by Cupid's arrow this time of year. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AP_070207056162-1851x1254.jpg)
![In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 photo, shoppers visit a Sephora boutique inside a J.C. Penney store in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sephora-1880x1241.jpg)
![FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2008 file photo, a Zale's store is shown in New York. Jewelry retailer Zale said Wednesday, May 26, 2010, its fiscal third-quarter net loss narrowed on improved margins and lower costs.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Zales_AP.jpg)
![This is an undated picture of Anna Jarvis, from Grafton, West Virginia, who promoted and achieved the proclamation of Mother's Day as a national holiday, in honor of her mother, Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis. (AP Photo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/anna-jarvis-260x174.jpg)
![Graduation hat with degree paper on a stack of book against blurred background](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ThinkstockPhotos-654454404-260x174.jpg)
![Topping the list of popular baby names for the third year in a row are Emma and Noah, according to The Social Security Administration (iStock).](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thinkstock_021917_babiesfeetjpg-260x174.gif)
![Mother and daughter (5-7) embracing, woman holding card](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/greeting-card-mother-daughter-thinkstock-260x174.jpg)
![Send Your Love Florist designer Rachel Barger designs Teleflora's Romantic Heartstrings Bouquet in Greensboro , N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Teleflora's 'Love Rocks' sweepstakes launched on January 21 and runs until 10 p.m. (PST) February 10. During the span of the sweeps, each time a customer places an order for a romantic Heartstrings Bouquet from teleflora.com, they will be automatically entered to win one of nine heart-shaped diamond necklaces valued at $15,000. Teleflora will select three lucky winners of a show-stopping diamond necklace every week leading up to Valentine's Day. Get your orders in by Sunday night for the weekly Monday drawings starting January 28 with additional drawings on February 4 and February 11. Orders placed early increase the odds of winning the lottery. (Jim R. Bounds/AP Images for Teleflora)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AP_873800040826-260x174.jpg)
![Anti-Valentine Day cards rest on the shelf as Lori Schwartz picks out Valentines Day cards for her children, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, in Beachwood, Ohio. Sensing a growing trend, and more potential customers, Cleveland-based American Greetings Corp. has launched a new line of "anti-Valentine's" cards, expressions for lovers who'd rather be big goofs than big flirts, as well as singles not struck by Cupid's arrow this time of year. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AP_070207056162-260x174.jpg)
![In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 photo, shoppers visit a Sephora boutique inside a J.C. Penney store in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sephora-260x174.jpg)
![FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2008 file photo, a Zale's store is shown in New York. Jewelry retailer Zale said Wednesday, May 26, 2010, its fiscal third-quarter net loss narrowed on improved margins and lower costs.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Zales_AP-260x174.jpg)