Volunteers deciphering first-person Revolutionary War accounts written in cursive: Americans are putting their cursive reading skills to work in service of their country. “Citizen archivists” are helping the National Archives transcribe some 2.5 million pages of handwritten Revolutionary War pension files. Natalie Brand reports. #Volunteers #RevolutionaryWar #NationalArchives #CitizenArchivists #HistoryPreservation

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