Centuries ago in Grafton, West Virginia, a woman named Ann Jarvis was a light for the people in her community and the inspiration for what is now a national hol ...

On May 10, 1908, the first Mother's Day service was held in Grafton, West Virginia, at what was the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church. It is now known as the International Mother's Day Shrine.

On May 10, 1908, the first Mother's Day service was held in Grafton, West Virginia, at what was the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church. It is now known as the International Mother's Day Shrine.

Let me be among the first to extend warm wishes to all mothers across the great state as we pause to honor and celebrate ...

Ann Reeves Jarvis was a Methodist laywoman living in Grafton, West Virginia, in the mid-1800s ... in a service of worship at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in May 1907. She provided 500 ...

It was that date on which Jarvis sent 500 white carnations to Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in her hometown of Grafton, West Virginia, in honor of her late mother Ann, and held a celebration ...

The first Mother's Day was organized on May 10, 1908 in West Virginia ... in Grafton, West Virginia and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though Jarvis celebrated in Philadelphia, she sent 500 white ...

A healing service was held outside L.A. County Men's Central Jail on Mother's Day for mothers whose sons have died inside the facility.

Mother’s Day in Los Angeles County Sunday included a healing service outside the Men’s Central Jail for mothers of sons who ...