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| Keywords: Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, the International Mother's Day Shrine. Grafton, West Virginia LCCN2015631666.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; The town claims to have held the nation's first Mother's Day observance as the culmination of efforts by local resident Anna Jarvis Her mother Ann Reeves Jarvis was a social activist founder of Mothers' Day Work Clubs and a unifying force within her community during the American Civil War Mother's Day was proclaimed a national holiday in 1914 by President Woodrow Wilson 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015631666 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/31500/31591a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 31591 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 31591 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||