Today is the beginning of National Letter Writing Month – also known as National Card and Letter Writing Month – as recognized by the U.S. Postal Service since 2001.
Through the years, it seems, the USPS and other
organizations have observed a variety of letter writing weeks and months. As
far back as 1940, the postal service was celebrating Oct. 1-7 as National
Letter Writing Week, which is when the poster at right was issued by the
Illinois WPA Art Project.
By 1980, National Letter Writing Week was designated as Feb.
24-March 1 with the issue of a set of special 15-cent stamps featuring phrases
such as “Letters Lift Spirits,” “Letters Preserve Memories” and “Letters Shape
Opinions.”
Letter writing weeks also are sometimes observed in January
and September, and February has become known for InCoWriMo – International Correspondence
Writing Month.
But, in 2001, the U.S. Postal Service announced April as
National Card and Letter Writing Month, expanding what had previously been a
weeklong celebration. That year, the USPS encouraged Americans to participate in
the “Birthday Wishes to America” project with the National Postal Museum in
honor of the 225th birthday of the United States of America.
Since then, several promotions have highlighted April as
NCLWM or NLWM. In 2015, the USPS offered a set of stamps and matching stickers
featuring the phrase “From Me to You.”
Let’s continue the tradition and celebrate National Card and
Letter Writing Month throughout April!
Happy Letter Writing!
2 comments:
Although I found last year's challenge difficult, I was pleased with my numbers. Not perfect, but enough to satisfy me. :) I'm going to try harder this year to put something in the mail each day!
Good Way to Catch up on my letter writting.
Coffee is on
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