Memorial For Mothers
Yesterday, May 11, 2008, marked the 100th anniversary of the first celebration of Mother's Day Although Mother's Day officially became a national holiday in 1914, it was first celebrated as memorial service in a Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia, Anna Jarvis, credited as the founder of Mother's Day, proposed the service as a dedication to her late mother, who had believed that it would be a nice idea to have a memorial to mothers
