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Earlier this week, we shared two new Valentine’s Day tweets.  It reminded us of two older tweets worth of the Valentine’s Day treatment.  Enjoy, and pass along to those still in the mood for historic love…

WW2_General (Dwight D. Eisenhower): @Troops Your ‘Welcome Home” kits contain scented candles and massage oils. Couldn’t afford the contraceptives, so be careful…

Mentalist (Plato): so tired of the “let’s just be friends” talk

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on February 18th 2010

Posted In: 1900-1950, Comically Old

RT @historicaltweet Black History Month: Harriet Tubman

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This tweet is from our forthcoming book Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World, hitting shelves on April 27 (but you can pre-order online now!).

Happy Black History Month!
Harriet Tubman: Sorry for the lack of tweets. Wi-fi sucks underground.

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on February 17th 2010

Posted In: 1800s

Happy Valentine’s Day from @Casanova & Historical Tweets

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LovrBoy (Giacomo Casanova): V-Day is almost here. Just finished seeding ladies into brackets to see who gets to spend it w/ me. @februarymadness
Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on February 14th 2010

Posted In: 1700s

Happy Valentine’s Day from @Adam1 & Historical Tweets

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@Adam1: @eve Happy First Valentine’s Day. You’re the only one in the world for me. Seriously. I’ve looked.

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on February 14th 2010

Posted In: Biblical Tweets, Comically Old

RT @historicaltweet Black History Month: MLK

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This tweet is from our forthcoming book Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World, hitting shelves on April 27 (but you can pre-order online now!).

martinlkjr: Bought a sleep journal. I keep having dreams but forget to write them down.
Happy Black History Month!

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on February 8th 2010

Posted In: 1960s


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