Located 45 minutes south of Morgantown, lies the birth of Mother’s Day. The modern 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.

FUN FACTS ABOUT MOTHER’S DAY

• The white carnation became a symbol of Mother’s Day because it was Anna Jarvis’ mother’s favorite flower.
• It’s celebrated on the second Sunday of May because it marked the anniversary of Anna Jarvis’ mother’s death.
• Anna Jarvis loathed the commercialization of Mother’s Day and even tried to have the holiday rescinded.