She Created Mother's Day and He Carried a Red Umbrella
On May 10th, 1908, Anna Jarvis held the first official Mother's Day service in Grafton, West Virginia. What transpired didn't go according to her plan. On this same date in 1823, the steamboat Virginia arrived at Fort Snelling, the first steam-powered vessel to navigate the upper Mississippi. Among its passengers was Giacomo Costantino Beltrami, carrying a red umbrella and a plan to find the source of the Mississippi.
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