Historical Marker
Mount Hope Landmarks
Historical marker location:
Mount Hope, West Virginia
( Marker is on Main Street (West Virginia Route 211) 0.2 miles west of West Virginia Route 16, on the right when traveling east.)
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.