Arsenal Square

Historical marker location:

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Shenandoah Street and Potomac Street, on the right when traveling north on Shenandoah Street.)

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.