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Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church located in Grafton. The site of the first observance of Mother s Day
PHOTO BY DAVID KIRK
Inside, the church has towering ceilings and a huge, working pipe organ in the back. The two stained-glass windows on the left are currently out for restoration.
PHOTO BY DAVID KIRK
Portraits of Anna Jarvis and her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, the two women who pioneered the idea of Mother s Day.
PHOTO BY DAVID KIRK
Larry Richman plays the church pipe organ to an empty sanctuary on Motherâs Day May 9.
PHOTO BY DAVID KIRK
A stained-glass window honoring Anna Jarvis and all she did to promote and protect Motherâs Day.