Brandon Graham, a Super Bowl hero who made one of the biggest plays in Eagles history, announced his retirement Tuesday.

For centuries, people have left all sorts of notes in summit registers. I looked through 100 years of love letters and spontaneous exaltation, including my own family's, to find out why.

Romantic love has been expressed through diverse gestures, from Western chivalrous acts like scroll love letters to traditional African displays of affection such as gifting beaded ornaments ...