Mother’s Day celebration began in West Virginia … in Grafton

by Trish Rudder

Here in West Virginia, we have a lot to be thankful for in celebrating Mother’s Day in the United States.

In 1907 in Grafton, Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother’s Day service of worship at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church where it was celebrated, and the church still serves as the International Mother’s Day Shrine.

The “shrine…