Mother's Day - The First Celebration

Time: 1908

Place: Grafton, West Virginia, U.S.

Details: 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.

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