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Mothers Day date 2008

Mothers Day or Mothering Sunday is always celebrated on a Sunday so the actual date changes from year to year.

Mothers day date for 2008 is set as 2nd March in the UK

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In the United States, Mother's day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May so for 2008 it will be Sunday the 11th May.

There is an interesting social history to Mother's day in the USA. After the American Civil War was over Julia Ward Howe campaigned for a 'Mother's Day' to act as an anti war focus. Although never oficially recognised as an anti war day, the demonstration day evolved into our current Mothers day over time.

Should there be a apostrophe in Mothers day?

The simple answer is yes and because we are talking about all mothers rather than just one particular mother, the apostrophe should sit outside the S. So to be gramatically correct we should refer to it as Mothers' Day.

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