The modern American holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, which now holds the International Mother's Day Shrine.
The modern American holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908. Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton. Grafton was West Virginia. West Virginia now holds the International Mother's Day Shrine. This is grafton.