The United States is turning 250 years old. For history teachers, it’s a complicated lesson.
This article was co-published with The 74, a nonprofit news organization covering education in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Among longtime history teacher Karalee Wong Nakatsuka’s most prized possessions are two nearly identical T-shirts with very different meanings
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Honors mothers and motherhood. Anna Jarvis kicked it off in West Virginia in 1908 to remember her own mother; it became a US national holiday in 1914 and spread to dozens of countries. Most observe it on the second Sunday of May — though Mexico, Spain, the UK and others run on their own calendars.
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Mother's Day is observed in Latvia (Mātes diena). Recognized nationally.
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is observed in El Salvador (Día de las Madres). Recognized nationally.
Father's Day
Father's Day is observed in El Salvador (Día del Padre). Recognized nationally.