A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is ...

Do you want something challenging to tackle? Can you read cursive handwriting? If so, the National Archives and the National ...

One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship once considered a common skill. While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to ...

Then, as early as the 1st century CE, minuscule began to emerge: smaller, rounder letters that required fewer strokes. You ...

The National Archives is looking for cursive readers to transcribe veteran pension files from the Revolutionary War that date back to the 1700s. Select whether each of the following should be a ...

In 2010, the newly established Common Core State Standards program, which outlines skills and knowledge students should acquire between kindergarten and high school, did not include cursive in its ...

Attention! All you older folks (like me) reading this who were taught penmanship in school! The National Archives needs you!!

Nowadays, every American President carries on a unique tradition of leaving a letter in the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office.

The Post welcomes letters up to 250 words on topics of general interest. Letters must include full name, home address, day and evening phone numbers, and may be edited for length, grammar and ...

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