Around New England · Worcester For Subscribers Worcester Was Once Valentine Capital By Tom Joyce February 14, 2017 · 8:18 AM EST · Updated June 16, 2025 3:26 PM Advertisement Listen to audio version of this article Members only Subscribe to listen Sending valentines became fashionable in America around the 1840s. A business in Worcester once pumped out thousands of them. Sending valentines became fashionable in America around the 1840s. A business in Worcester once pumped out thousands of them.… Advertisement Read Next Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage Flips U.S. House Seat Red Amid Bluenami Maine Activists Renew Effort To Get Males Out Of Girls' Sports What Nearly 59 Years of Marriage Has Taught Me About Love 5 Massachusetts Halloween Spots Worth Visiting Outside Salem