The American Waltham Watch Company originally manufactured the pocket watch in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1908 — the same year that Mother’s Day was first celebrated. Anna Jarvis created Mother’s Day with the help of merchant and former United States Postmaster General John Wanamaker (check out the Chicago 499 for more information on Wanamaker) after Jarvis’ mother passed away. The first Mother’s Day celebration was held in Andrew’s Methodist Episcipol Church in Grafton, West Virginia, and John Wanamker held a ceremony the same day in his Wanamaker’s store in Philadelphia. News spread of this celebration, and Jarvis began campaigning for the day to become a national holiday. In 1910, West Virginia recognized the holiday, and other states followed suit. The U.S. Congress then solidified the holiday on May 8, 1914 and declared the second Sunday in May to be Mother’s Day.