National Handwriting Day
January 23, 2010 in General Information
To honor the unofficial holiday – National Handwriting Day – I am going to pen a couple of letters to friends and family. Yes, actual letters. On paper (which you know that I have plenty of around here).
I saw this at Moleskinerie recently:
“A man’s penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and sentiments.
- 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope,
in “Letters to His Son by the Earl of Chesterfield on the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World” “
The origin of NHD? See this:
National Handwriting Day was established by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977. Their motive is obvious…to promote the consumption of pens, pencils, and writing paper.
January 23rd was chosen because this is the birthday of John Hancock. John Hancock was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
I response to our inquiry, WIMA informed us that they did not obtain a presidential proclamation or an act of congress when designating the day. An official “National” day requires an act of congress.
Of course, but I am still going to do it!
