HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16
(By Delegates Tansill, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson, Andes,
Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Beach, Blair, Border, Browning,
Burdiss, Campbell, Carmichael, Cowles, Craig, Crosier, Duke,
Eldridge, Ellem, Ellis, Ennis, Frederick, Guthrie, Hartman,
Hrutkay, Hutchins, Kessler, Lane, Long, Longstreth, Mahan,
Manchin, Miley, C. Miller, J. Miller, Morgan, Moye, Overington,
Palumbo, Paxton, Perry, Pethtel, Pino, Porter, Rodighiero,
Romine, Rowan, Schadler, Shaver, Sobonya, Staggers, Stemple,
Stephens, Sumner, Varner and Wells)
Requesting the United States Congress to enact legislation
providing for the issuance of a commemorative coin in 2008 to
celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Mother's Day, and for
purposes connected therewith
whereas, The holiday known as Mother's Day was founded in
Grafton, West Virginia, and
whereas, The founder of Mother's Day, Miss Anna Jarvis, was a
long-time resident of Taylor County, West Virginia, and
whereas, Miss Jarvis was instrumental in seeing that the first
official Mother's Day service was held at the Andrews Methodist
Episcopal Church on May 10, 1908, and
Whereas, Following this first service, Miss Jarvis dedicated
her life to spreading the beliefs of Mother's Day throughout the
world, and
Whereas, West Virginia became the first state to officially
recognize Mother's Day as a holiday, upon the proclamation of
Governor William Glasscock, and
Whereas, Annual Mother's Day service have been held in the
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church building every year since 1908,
and
Whereas, The General Conference of the Methodist Church,
meeting in San Francisco, California in 1952, declared Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church to be the "Mother Church of Mother's
Day," and recommended that it be maintained as a shrine, and
Whereas, Since 1952 the church building has been maintained as
an international shrine to Mother's Day and motherhood, and
Whereas, Since 1966 the building has not been used for
religious purposes, but has solely become the International
Mother's Day Shrine, which is owned and maintained by the
International Mother's Day Shrine Foundation, Inc. (a West Virginia
non-profit corporation), and
Whereas, The United States Department of the Interior has
recognized the national importance of the International Mother's
Day Shrine by listing it in the National Register of Historic
Places on September 18, 1970, and by declaring it a National Historic Landmark on October 1992, and
Whereas, The Legislature feels that, with the upcoming 100th
Anniversary of Mother's Day in 2008, that certain commemoration of
this holiday, its shrine, and its founder would be most
appropriate, and
Whereas, The Legislature feels that this commemoration would
best be displayed by the issuance of a commemorative coin by the
United States Mint, therefore be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the United States Congress is hereby requested to enact
legislation to provide for the issuance of a commemorative coin in
2008 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Mother's Day, and be it
Further Resolved, That it is requested that said legislation
contain provisions that the obverse of said commemorative coin
should carry the image of Miss Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother's
Day, and that the reverse of said commemorative coin should carry
the image of the International Mother's Day Shrine in Grafton, West
Virginia; and be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is
hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to
West Virginia's congressional delegation, the President of the
United States, the United States Secretary of the Treasury, the
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee within the United States
Department of the Treasury, and the Board of Trustees of the International Mother's Day Shrine Foundations, Inc.