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Visitors get to see a ring-tailed lemur mother and her baby that was born in March when visiting the Kaiserslautern Zoo on Mother’s Day, which is Sunday. Mothers will be admitted free and receive free cake and coffee.
Sunday, Kaiserslautern-Siegelbach Zoo will grant mothers free entry and give them a coupon for free coffee and cake in its restaurant. They do this since Sunday is Mother’s Day and an official day to honor mothers throughout the world.
In many countries, children pamper their mothers the second Sunday in May. They make breakfast, give flowers, cards and gifts, and behave well all day long.
The history of Mother’s Day dates back to 1907, when Anne Jarvis from Philadelphia, exactly one year after her mother died, had the idea to choose a day to thank mothers all over the world for all their love and unselfish care. The idea became real one year later. As the first town in world, Philadelphia celebrated Mother’s Day on May 10, 1908.
Six years later, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. In the following years Mother’s Day became popular in India, China, Mexico, Scandinavia, England and Switzerland. The first Mother’s Day in Germany was celebrated in 1933.
