Historical Marker

Trout Rock Fort

Historical marker location:
Franklin, West Virginia
( Marker is on U.S. 220, 0.1 miles east of Powder Mill Road (County Route 220/8), on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2009

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.