First Settlers

Historical marker location:

Cedar Grove, West Virginia

( Marker is on U.S. 60, 0.3 miles east of Kellys Creek Road (County Route 81), on the right when traveling east.)

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.