BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Anguilla
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anguilla
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:AST
DTSTART:19700101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:3783271:Event:848787
DTSTAMP:20260521T163931Z
SUMMARY:Austin Palmer & his Penmanship
DESCRIPTION: Austin Norman Palmer (December 22, 1860 – November 16, 
 1927) innovated the field of penmanship with the development of the Pa
 lmer method of script.\r\n\r\nHe noticed that the Spencerian script wa
 s impractical, with many flourishes, especially for businessmen and cl
 erks.\r\n\r\nSo he developed the Palmer method of script, which was si
 mple and had no intricate flourishes. His script has been very importa
 nt in the history of handwriting / penmanship.\r\n\r\nhuh?\r\n Ok.  T
 he Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fa
 ir in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its purpose was to celebrate the 150
 th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Inde
 pendence, and the 50th anniversary of the 1876 Centennial Exposition.\
 r\n\r\nIt was also when a Gold Medal was given for .... Penmanship in 
 Book Form  The Palmer method developed around 1888 was formally  intr
 oduced in the book \"Palmer's Guide to Business Writing (1894) \" and 
 was awarded a Gold Medal in 1926 at the Phila Expo of 1926.\r\n\r\nBef
 ore this, from about 1840, the Spencer Method ( think of the Ford Logo
  and the CocaCola Logo ) as the defacto style of writing in America.\r
 \n \r\nAnd then in the latter half of the twentieth century, the Zaner
 -Bloser method and the D'Nealian method contended for students' attent
 ion.\r\nNow, our phones and computers are the contenders.\r\n\r\nhttps
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Spencerian_script\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesquicentennial_
 Exposition\r\n\r\n\r\nFor kids, check out https://palmermethod.com/\r
 \n\r\n\n\nFor more information visit http://www.agilephilly.com/events
 /asutin-palmer-his-penmanship
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20201222T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20201222T235900
CATEGORIES:historical
LOCATION:Phila in 1926
WEBSITE:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:Austin Palmer
ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0
 /file/get/4931557259?profile=original
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="John Vor
 is, Lead Coordinator":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/JohnVoris
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR