Valentines Day

I once heard that Valentines was started by a guy named Valentine who as his personal mission would leave a card at the door of prison cells so the prisoners would know that at least one person was thinking of them. Romantic, huh?

But then, Mother's Day was started by Juliet Ward Howe (who wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic") as a way for mothers to protest their sons being taken off to war and used as fodder by people in power. Sentimental, huh?

But then, Easter was started...eggs and bunnies right? Cute, huh?
David Loar Fairlawn West United Church of Christ Akron, Ohio Valentines Mother's Day Easter