Can you read the document pictured above? Around the turn of the century, many schools quit teaching children how to read and write in cursive, instead using that class time to teach typing skills. While schools are starting to go back to teaching cursive, that still leaves a generation of Americans without those skills. Since much of our history is documented in beautiful handwritten cursive script, the National Archives and Records Administration is going above and beyond to preserve, transcribe, and make accessible the documents that tell the story of America. These include letters, pension grants, land records, and diaries. They want to put a lot of American history online to prepare for America's 250th birthday next year.
So they are seeing your help. If you can read cursive handwriting, you can sign up as a volunteer for the National Archives. Work as little or as much as you like, and help make those handwritten documents accessible to everyone. Read about the project and how you can get involved at Smithsonian.
PS: I had no trouble reading the declaration, but I ran into conflicting advice on whether "National Archives" should be treated as a single entity or a plural.
* also likely explains why he kept complaining about the toilets not flushing well. Can't be his regularity, as he asures people he is in amazing health.
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