Valentine’s Day: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Saint Valentine’s Day • St. Valentine’s Day

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Young girl in a classroom holds up a large pink heart-shaped Valentine card she made, smiling over the top of it, with other children and classroom supplies in the background.

Valentine's Day card

Illustrated 1910 Valentine card showing Cupid with wings and a blue sash, gathering red heart shapes from a pine tree into a basket. Text reads If you'd only be my Valentine.

A vintage sepia-toned image of two women embracing.

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