Historical Marker
Guthrie Loop Area
Historical marker location:
Morgantown, West Virginia
( Marker is on Monongahela Boulevard (U.S. 19) 0.1 miles south of Evansdale Drive, on the right when traveling south.)
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.