Historical Marker
Cheat Summit Fort
Historical marker location:
Cheat Bridge, West Virginia
( Marker is on County Route 250/4, 1.1 miles west of U.S. 250, on the right when traveling west.)
1861-1862.
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.