By the Middle Ages, St. Valentine’s Day was celebrated on February 14th in conjunction with birds mating and the arrival of spring. Lovers sent notes to each other proclaiming their everlasting love and often signed their greetings, “from your valentine,” just as it’s believed St.Valentine penned his greeting to the young woman he is believed to have been in love with.
(This rubbing is from Lancaster MA. only a portion of a Huge stone)
Here is an early example of early New England stone carvings using the HEART, Cupid and even goddesses of love and beauty to symbolize eternal devotion on a few gravestones of the 17th and 18th centuries
Happy Valentine’s Day
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