Historical Marker
Brooks Hall
Historical marker location:
98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, West Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Beechurst Avenue (U.S. 19) north of Hough Street, on the right when traveling north.)
West Virginia University.
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.