Historical Marker
Williamson Historic District
Historical marker location:
208 Logan St, Williamson, West Virginia
( Marker is on 4th Avenue (U.S. 52) just south of Logan Street, on the right when traveling north.)
National Coal Heritage Trail.
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.