Historical Marker
Robert Hager
Historical marker location:
Madison, West Virginia
( Marker is on West Virginia Route 85, 0.1 miles north of Country Estates Road, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2016
The first Mother's Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia in 1908. Anna Jarvis, a resident of Grafton, held a memorial for her mother, who had died two years earlier, and campaigned for a national holiday in honor of all mothers. Mother's Day became a national holiday in 1914.