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Posted: February 14, 2011 02:29 pm  | |
      IRC Nickname: rachellove Group: Council Posts: 6955 Member No.: 173 Joined: January 31, 2008 Total Events Attended: 305    |  Valentine’s Day is rooted in ancient Roman and Christian traditions. In the third century, Claudius II, a Roman Emperor, outlawed marriage amongst young men because he believed that single men made more able soldiers than those tied down by relationships. A priest named Valentine rebelled against this injustice and continued to perform marriages clandestinely. When this came to Claudius’ attention, he swiftly put the man to death. According to a different tale Valentine sent a note to a young girl he fell in love with while behind bars. He signed it “your Valentine,” leading to the expression as it is used today. Valentine’s Day is a commemoration of his death dating back to approximately 270 A.D., Claudius II's last year as emperor of Rome. I found this at this web page. I just found it interesting that a love holiday originated from trying to keep warring men single. To everyone, I wish you love today and through this year and all the years to come. Happy Valentines Day!!!!! --------------------  Thank you Garrett and Dallar. “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” ~~Colin Powell ~~  |
Posted: February 14, 2011 02:35 pm | |
 IRC Nickname: Groedius Group: Ex-Member Posts: 1556 Member No.: 99 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 256 | Happy Valentines day Rachel  and nice story  --------------------   |
Posted: February 15, 2011 04:33 am | |
| IRC Nickname: Split 69 Group: Ex-Member Posts: 254 Member No.: 338 Joined: March 18, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 | Thanks for that brief history lesson, it's nice to finally get to read how Valentine's day came about as opposed to "it's to celebrate St. Valentine." Happy Valentine's Day to you also, Rachel.  -------------------- "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Hendrix Proud Ex-Member of WG |
History of Valentines Day, Part of War