Historical Marker
Beckley
Historical marker location:
401 S Kanawha St, Beckley, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of South Kanawha Street (West Virginia Route 210) and Vale Street and School Street, on the right when traveling west on South Kanawha Street.)
Marker installed: 1966
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.