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A historic church where Mother's Day was first observed, in the early 1900s.
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, the "mother church" of Mother's Day, was incorporated as the International Mother's Day Shrine on May 15, 1962, as a shrine to all mothers. It is best known for being the place that Anna Jarvis conceived of the idea of Mother's Day. The church is located along Main Street in downtown Grafton in Taylor County, West Virginia.
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Historic train depot.
The longest running Memorial Day parade in the United States started on June 14, 1868 and is now celebrated on Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
Resting place for over 1500 Union and 600 unidentified Civil War military personnel, including Thornsbury Bailey Brown, presumed to be the first Civil War fatality.
This pristine recreation area was developed after the Tygart River was dammed. Boating and camping are some of the options here.