Be Mine - Valentines Contest time!

[Duster6524]

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Thanks for the contest Kimer and OSDIY shop!!

 

[DocTonyNYC]

Throughout history, there have been approximately eight St. Valentines. Three of them had special feast days in their honor. The two St. Valentines who most likely inspired Valentine's Day are Valentine of Terni and Valentine of Rome, though some scholars speculate they are actually one person.

 

[Lynzy]

 

[DocTonyNYC]

Valentine’s Day may have been named after Valentine of Terni, a priest who married Roman soldiers against orders from Claudius II. He was arrested and killed on February 14 in the year 269. It is said that an almond tree near his grave burst with pink flowers and all the birds chose mates, hence the term “love birds.”

 

[Lynzy]

 

[DocTonyNYC]

Valentine’s Day may have been named after the priest Valentine of Rome, who refused to follow Claudius II’s ban on Christianity. While he was imprisoned, children would pass him notes through the jail window. Before he was killed on February 14, he wrote one last note to the jailer’s daughter with whom he had fallen in love and signed it “From Your Valentine.”

 

[Lynzy]

 

[fropit]

my wife won our wedding through a radio station with this. (the meaning of love is waking up next to the same person everyday who makes all the struggle worth all the effort.

 

[DocTonyNYC]

According to Welsh tradition, a child born on Valentine’s Day would have many lovers. A calf born on Valentine’s Day, however, would be of no use for breeding purposes. If hens were to hatch eggs on Valentine’s Day, they would all turn out rotten.

 

[Lynzy]

 

[rbeckys8]

mom always gave us a pair of red underwear..we loved it!!

 

[Lynzy]

 

[whodat2112]

 

[DocTonyNYC]

Famous people born on Valentine’s Day include John Barrymore (1882), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Jack Benny (1894), Carl Bernstein (1944), Renée Fleming (1959), and Florence Henderson (1934).

 

[Lynzy]

 

[DocTonyNYC]

On Valentine’s Day, James Cook was kill by natives in Hawaii (1779), Oregon and Arizona were admitted to the Union (1859 and 1912, respectively), James Polk became the first president photographed while in office (1848), UPS (United Parcel Service) was formed (1919), the League of Women Voters was established (1920), Aretha Franklin recorded “Respect” (1967), Richard Nixon installed a secret taping system in the White House (1971), the U.S. performed a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site (1976), and Voyager I took a picture of the entire solar system (1990).

 

[spacekitty]

 

[jj2]

 

[WillyZee]

for pet lovers ...

 

[jj2]