Historical Marker
John Thomas Marker
Historical marker location:
Charles Town, West Virginia
( Marker is on South Lawrence Street, 0.1 miles south of West Washington Street.)
Marker installed: 2002
of Star Lodge #1, Charles Town.
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.