The Frenchman, Charles duc d'Orleans, sent love poems to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London on February 14, 1415. These may have been the first written valentines, and, as the idea caught on, such notes were accompanied by chocolate and other sweets.
The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In ancient Greek mythology it was a symbol of love and the renewal of life. In ancient Japan a dove carrying a sword symbolized the end of war. There was a tradition in Europe that if a dove flew around a house where someone was dying then their soul would be at peace. And there are legends which say that the devil can turn himself into any bird except for a dove. In Christian art, the dove was used to symbolize the Holy Ghost and was often painted above Christ's head. Pablo Picasso made the dove a modern symbol of peace when he used it on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949.
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