The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that date back more than 200 ...

Reading cursive is a superpower,” said Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers to transcribe more than 200 years worth of documents. You can help, even if ...

To date, more than 4,000 Revolutionary War Pension Project volunteers have typed up the content of over 80,000 pages of ...

Jan. 23, is the birthday of John Hancock — the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence — and in a nod to his place in history, it’s also National Handwriting Day. In 2010, a ...

Still, handwriting continued to be considered ... “It helps – but it’s not necessary.” For example, there’s a “no cursive required” option for those reading Revolutionary War pension ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S.

For example ... cursive instruction took effect in January 2024. “For some students, it’s a great alternative to printing, and it helps them be more accurate and more careful with the writing ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.