Today, 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, not including the kids’ valentines popular for classroom exchanges. Here's how the tradition got its start.

Today, 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, not including the kids’ valentines popular for classroom exchanges. Here's how the tradition got its start.

NEW YORK — It was Valentine’s Day 1917 in the Minnesota farming village of Lewiston, and Fred Roth — a fourth grader — seems to have come up with just the way to express his love for his ...

A Valentine's Day card from 1917, given to Louise Wirt by Fred Roth when he was in the fourth grade. The couple married years later and the card remained near Louise's bedside until her death at 91.

Today, 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, not including the kids’ valentines popular for classroom exchanges. Here's how the tradition got its start.

Today, 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, not including the kids’ valentines popular for classroom exchanges. Here's how the tradition got its start.

Today, 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, not including the kids’ valentines popular for classroom exchanges. Here's how the tradition got its start.

Today, 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, not including the kids’ valentines popular for classroom exchanges. Here's how the tradition got its start.

Today, 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, not including the kids’ valentines popular for classroom exchanges. Here's how the tradition got its start.