Historical Marker
High Knob
Historical marker location:
355 Route 220, Purgitsville, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 220 and Hickory Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 220.)
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.