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Valentine’s Day, also called St. Valentine’s Day, holiday (February 14) when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. Given their similarities, it has been suggested that the holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. Valentine’s Day did not come to be celebrated as a day of romance until about the 14th century.

American critic, biographer, and literary historian, whose “Finders and Makers” series traces American literary history in rich biographical detail from 1800 to 1915.

Golden Age of Radio #194

Mountain Edition: Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Tribeca is a hip area known for its old industrial buildings, many now turned into residential loft space. Cobblestone streets are lined with trendy boutiques and restaurants.

Mountain Edition: Thursday, March 24, 2022

Mountain Edition: Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Riding in an elevator used to be dangerous business — until Elisha Otis, of Otis Elevator Company fame, invented a device that could prevent a passenger elevator from falling if its rope broke. It debuted precisely 160 years ago at the E.V. Haughwout and Company store in Manhattan on March 23, 1857. (time.com)

Mountain Edition: Friday, March 25, 2022

John Tyler (1790-1862) served as America’s 10th president from 1841 to 1845. He assumed office after the death of President William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), who passed away from pneumonia after just a month in the White House.