Historical Marker
Dr. Jesse Bennett
Historical marker location:
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
( Marker is on Viand Street (West Virginia Route 62) north of 9th Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1973
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.