Historical Marker
Keyes Gap
Historical marker location:
20867 Charles Town Rd, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
( Marker is on Charles Town Road (Route 9) 0.1 miles east of Charles Town Road (West Virginia Route 115), on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2019
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.