Historical Marker
Jerry West
Historical marker location:
3450 Monongahela Blvd, Morgantown, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Monongahela Boulevard (U.S. 19) and Gale Catlett Drive, on the right when traveling south on Monongahela Boulevard.)
Marker installed: 2007
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.