Chaka chilichonse mu Meyi, olimbikitsa mtendere amafalitsa a Julia Ward Howe Kulengeza Kwa Amayi Tsiku la Amayi. Koma, Howe sanakumbukire Tsiku la Amayi mu Meyi. . . kwa zaka 30 aku America adakondwerera Tsiku la Amayi Lamtendere pa June 2nd. Anali wamasiku ano a Julia Ward Howe, a Anna Jarvis, omwe adakhazikitsa chikondwerero cha amayi cha Meyi, ndipo ngakhale pamenepo, Tsiku la Amayi silinali brunch ndi maluwa. Onse a Howe ndi Ward adakumbukira tsikuli ndi maulendo, ziwonetsero, misonkhano, ndi zochitika zolemekeza udindo wa azimayi pachitetezo cha anthu ndikukonzekera chilungamo chachitukuko.
Masomphenya a Anna Jarvis a Tsiku la Amayi adayamba pomwe adakonza Amayi Ogwira Ntchito ku West Virginia mu 1858, ndikukonzanso ukhondo m'magulu a Appalachian. Pa Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni, Jarvis adalimbikitsa azimayi ochokera mbali zonse ziwiri za nkhondoyi kuti azisamalira ovulala m'magulu onse awiriwa. Nkhondo itatha, adayitanitsa misonkhano kuti ayesetse kukakamiza amunawo kuti athetse madandaulo ndikukhalabe ndewu.
Julia Ward Howe adagawana ndi Anna Jarvis chidwi chamtendere. Yolembedwa mu 1870, "Kukopa kwa Akazi" a Howe inali njira yokomera nkhondo pomenyera nkhondo yapachiweniweni yaku America komanso nkhondo ya Franco-Prussia. M'menemo, adalemba:
"Amuna athu sadzabwera kwa ife, kudzawaphwanya, chifukwa cha kupsinjika ndi kuwombera m'manja. Ana athu sadzatengedwa kuchokera kwa ife kuti aphunzire zonse zomwe tatha kuwaphunzitsa zachifundo, chifundo ndi kuleza mtima. Ife, azimayi ochokera kudziko lina, tidzakhala achifundo kwambiri kwa anthu ochokera kudziko lina, kulola ana athu kuti aphunzitsidwe kuvulaza kwawo. Kuchokera pachifuwa cha dziko lowonongedwalo mawu akukwera ndi athu. Limati: Sokoneza zida, sokoneza zida! Lupanga lakupha si mulingo woweruza. Magazi sathetsa manyazi, kapena chiwawa chimatsimikizira kukhala nacho. Monga momwe amuna nthawi zambiri amasiya khasu ndi chikhomo pamayitanidwe ankhondo, aloleni kuti azimayi tsopano achoke kwa onse omwe atsala kunyumba kwawo tsiku lalikulu komanso lowona mtima la khonsolo. ”
M'kupita kwa nthawi, Congress idavomereza tsiku lokumbukira Tsiku la Amayi mu Meyi, ndipo amalonda adachita chidwi mwachangu ndikuthetsa kuyitanitsa kwamphamvu kwa azimayi onse omwe amafunidwa m'malingaliro oyambirira a Tsiku la Amayi. Mwana wamkazi wa Anna Jarvis adachita kampeni yolimbana ndi maluwa ndi chokoleti kwa zaka zambiri, powona kuti kutsatsa malonda kwaulemu kwa amayi ndi amayi kungatitsogolere pa kuyitanidwa kuti tichitepo kanthu.
Talingalirani nkhanizi pamene gudumu la chaka limazungulira. Pofika Meyi wotsatira, mwina mupeza njira yolemekezera amayi anu chifukwa chazandale komanso zandale, zomwe akuchita pothetsa kupanda chilungamo, chisamaliro chake kwa odwala, okalamba, kapena odwala, kapena mwina kutsutsa mwamphamvu kuphedwa kwa nkhondo .
