© 2025 St. Louis Public Radio
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Valentine's Day

  • A drawing depicts the death of St. Valentine — one of them, anyway. The Romans executed two men by that name on Feb. 14 of different years in the third century.
    The dark origins of Valentine's Day
    Arnie Seipel
    Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the ancient Romans had bloodier, drunker and more naked notions to mark the occasion.
  • Arts
    Collecting in the Heartland: Valentine Cards
    This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 11, 2009 - They can be as simple as a little cardboard cut-out of cartoon grasshoppers ("I'll Be…