Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates as part of a prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago: the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. Former members of the Egan's Rats gang were also suspected of having played a significant role in the incident, assisting Capone.

Read more about Saint Valentine's Day Massacre:  History, Investigation, Aftermath, Bolton Revelations, Other Suspects, Murder Weapons, Crime Scene and Bricks From The Murder Wall

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    Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past;
    Begin these woodbirds but to couple now?
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    There would have to be something wrong with someone who could throw out a child’s first Valentine card saying, “I love you, Mommy.”
    Ginger Hutton (20th century)

    Hath not the morning dawned with added light?
    And shall not evening call another star
    Out of the infinite regions of the night,
    To mark this day in Heaven? At last, we are
    A nation among nations; and the world
    Shall soon behold in many a distant port
    Another flag unfurled!
    Henry Timrod (1828–1867)

    The bourgeoisie of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the desecration of brick and mortar.
    Karl Marx (1818–1883)