 Health & Nutrition
Thoughts on
Aging
Valentine's Day 2011: February 14
(1 minutes: 46 seconds)
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Audio/Video Script:
Dr. LaVona Traywick
Assistant Professor - Gerontology
[Announcer] Welcome to Thoughts on Aging with Dr. LaVona Traywick,
Assistant Professor of Gerontology with the University of Arkansas Division of
Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.
[Dr. LaVona Traywick] Valentine's Day is traditionally a day in which people express their love to
one another by presenting gifts, such as cards, candy, flowers and other symbols
of love or affection.
Opinions differ as to who was the original Valentine but
according to the US Census Bureau News-facts, the most popular theory is that
Valentine was a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in
ancient Rome. In A.D. 496, the Pope declared February 14 as Valentine Day.
Through the centuries, the holiday became a time to exchange love messages, and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers.
Esther Howland, a native of
Massachusetts, is given credit for selling the first mass-produced valentine
cards in the 1840s. The spirit of love continues today with even young children
exchanging valentine's cards with their fellow classmates. So let’s keep
tradition alive. Send a Valentine to a senior adult you know this year. Take the
opportunity to just thank them for being who they are. Because as the saying
goes, it’s the thought that counts.
[Announcer] Thank you for listening to Thoughts on Aging with Dr. LaVona
Traywick. To learn more about this and other topics, contact your local county
Cooperative
Extension Service office.
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