Monday, January 13, 2025

Top Stories: Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.

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Mon Jan 13 2025

Many Americans have a superpower they never realized – reading cursive

An application for a Revolutionary. War Pension by Innit Hollister, written in August of 1832. The National Archives uses Citizen Archivists who volunteer to help transcribe such materials. The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential.

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.

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