Today's tie was chosen by my friend Mary Cox-Sweet, to help celebrate her birthday! Mary is a devoted follower of my tie posts. When she saw my cursive handwriting tie back in January, for National Handwriting Day, she added a happy comment that "We had those letters on our classroom walls too!"
National Handwriting Day is celebrated annually on 23 January. It is scripted to honor the birthday of John Hancock, famous for signing the Declaration of Independence in very large letters. One story, possibly apocryphal, is that he wanted the King of England to be able to read his signature without his spectacles. My tie shows the examples of handwriting I saw on the walls of my third grade classroom at Lincoln Elementary School, where Miss Welch made me practice a lot!
Today is National Handwriting Day, honoring the birthday of John Hancock (1737-1793). He's remembered for signing his name on the Declaration of Independence in large enough script that the King of England would be able to read it "without spectacles." That story may not be literally true but we know that his handwriting was very clear, and far more legible than mine! I learned cursive writing in second and third grade at Lincoln Elementary School, Bethlehem, PA, with Mrs. Kost and Miss Welch. If you can read cursive texts well, the National Archives would like your help with many documents.
For National Handwriting Day I'm wearing my tie covered with cursive alphabet lines. It's celebrated annually on the birthday anniversary of John Hancock (1737-1793), who famously said that his oversize signature on the Declaration of Independence was intended to be big enough for the King of England to read without eyeglasses. I learned cursive writing in second or third grade at Lincoln Elementary School, taught by Mrs. Kelly and Miss Welch. My penmanship has always been rather poor, and I routinely use scratchy "print" letters when I must handwrite something.
Today is National Handwriting Day, honoring the birthday of John Hancock (1737-1793). When he signed the Declaration of Independence he wrote with letters large enough for the King of England to read without glasses, and people today sometimes ask for you to add "your John Hancock" on a signature line. My own penmanship is quite poor, but I remember clearly lots of third-grade practice (with "Miss Welch," at Lincoln Elementary School) drawing cursive letters like those on my tie. Calendar math for today, 23 January 2022: 23 - 1 = 22.
Tomorrow (Saturday, 23 January) is National Handwriting Day, honoring the birthday of John Hancock (1737-1793). Hancock was a merchant and statesman, most famous for his giant, bold signature on the Declaration of Independence -- reputed to be written so large that the King of England could read it without his spectacles. My tie shows the cursive penmanship practice lines familiar to second- and third-grade pupils from ancient times through the 1970s. Penmanship now seems to have lost its flourish. My mother had beautiful handwriting but my own is frequently inscrutable.
