Historical Marker
Shepherdstown
Historical marker location:
North King Street, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
( Marker is on North King Street (Route 480) 0.3 miles east of Shepherd Grade Road, on the right when traveling east.)
Blending the past and the present.
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.