On February 14, 1884—Valentine’s Day—future US President Theodore Roosevelt marked a somber moment in his diary by placing an X across the page. Below it, a note read “The light has gone out of my life.” This day, typically associated with celebrating love, became a day of mourning for Roosevelt as both his beloved mother and dear wife succumbed to illness within hours of each other. They were laid to rest at Green-Wood in matching rosewood caskets.