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The modern American holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in Grafton, West Virginia.In 1914 Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation creating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.The modern American holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in Grafton, West Virginia.In 1914 Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation creating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.
Congress recognized mothers by passing a law on May 8, 1914 designating the second Sunday in May as Mothers Day and a holiday. Woodrow Wilson was the President that proclaimed this day as an annual holiday.
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mothers day and mayday and inservice days and the election,
Mothers' Day is May 9, 2010.
On may 9, 1998 it was the day before mothers day.
Valentines day, after that mothers day.
Not in the UK, Mothers Day is always on Sunday, a traditional day of rest for most people and not a public holiday.
Mothers Day is celebrated in the UK (which includes England) but on a different date from other countries (15 March)