Historical Marker
623 Main Street
Historical marker location:
623 Main St, Wheeling, West Virginia
( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 2) just north of Main Street Terrace, on the left when traveling north.)
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.