Historical Marker
Jacksons Mill
Historical marker location:
730 Main Ave, Weston, West Virginia
( Marker is on Main Avenue (U.S. 19) 0.3 miles north of East 6th Street, on the left when traveling north.)
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.