Historical Marker

Stone Cemetery

Historical marker location:
Brandywine, West Virginia
( Marker is on Sugar Grove Road (West Virginia Route 21) south of Little Fork Road (West Virginia Route 24), on the left 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.