Ann Royall / Sweet Springs

Historical marker location:

Sweet Springs, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Kanawha Trail (West Virginia Route 311) and Jefferson Lane, on the right when traveling south on Kanawha 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.