Timber

Historical marker location:

1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston, West Virginia

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Greenbrier Street (U.S. 60) and Quarrier Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.