Gen. Lightburn

Historical marker location:

6113 Main Street, Jane Lew, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 19) and High Street (County Route 8), on the right when traveling north on Main 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.