To engage citizen volunteers and make the American story more accessible, the National Archives is enlisting everyone it can ...

Then, as early as the 1st century CE, minuscule began to emerge: smaller, rounder letters that required fewer strokes. You could write them more quickly than their majuscule count ...

Biden was the seventh president to continue the modern tradition of leaving a letter to his successor. Biden was the sixth president to leave a letter to a successor of another political party and the ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are ... “If you look at Abigail Adams' letters to her husband (President John Adams) and his responses, the ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help ... “If you look at Abigail Adams' letters to her husband (President John Adams) and his responses, the cursive is an art form, it’s ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WVII) -- A Maine bill looks to bring back a classroom requirement from years past: learning how to write in cursive. The bill was submitted by Representative Joseph Underwood ...

Reading longhand script can help ... evidence that learning cursive benefits the brain. “More and more neuroscience research is supporting the idea that writing out letters in cursive ...

Cursive seems to be a lost art, but there’s an opportunity for history enthusiasts, who also still value the traditional handwriting style. The National Archives is looking for volunteers to ...

shironosov/Getty Reading cursive can now be added to the list of most-wanted skills — at least according to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The federal organization tasked ...