Valentine's Day has a remarkably unromantic origin, representing the day that the third century Saint Valentine was executed for illegally performing marriages. Luckily, today it is more known for chocolate.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.