Anthony Kerney

Historical marker location:

104 E High St, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

( Memorial can be reached from East High Street just south of West High Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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.