It was the holiday honoring "the miracle of the oil."
Anna Jarvis began a campaign to create a national holiday honoring mothers.
Through his effort, Sacramento became the first major city in the country to have a paid municipal holiday honoring Chavez.
The day was introduced as a more efficient alternative to individually celebrating a number of holidays honoring various minor saints in the Spring.
Last November, Arizona voted to adopt the holiday honoring King.
Kwanzaa is a holiday honoring African-American heritage and culture.
The 12-foot statue and two campus buildings were splattered with eggs last year on the national holiday honoring Dr. King.
In 1983, he voted for the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
The national holiday honoring Dr. King is the third Monday of January.
After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them.