Celebrate and decorate for Valentine’s Day

Celebrate the holiday of love in this month’s Hands-On History event, Be My Valentine, at King Manor Museum on Feb. 14. Families come together and learn all about this loving holiday and then decorate a picture frame and create a 19th-century-inspired project to give to that special someone.

All ages are welcome to come and feel the love.

Be My Valentine, Feb. 14. from noon to 3 pm. Free.

King Manor Museum [150-03 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica, (718) 206–0545, X 13; www.kingm‌anor.org]

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