Historical Marker
Gibson-Linn
Historical marker location:
Wheeling, West Virginia
( Marker is on Stone Boulevard, 0.2 miles north of West Chapline Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1964
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.