And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: November 1st, 1863, 152 years ago today ... a day to write home about. For that was the day the future fountain pen magnate George S. Parker was born ...

Along with the Coca-Cola bottle, the Singer sewing machine and the Willys Jeep, the Parker pen ranks as one of the best-known symbols of the U.S. around the world. Parker’s shapely”51″ pens signed the ...

Founded 1888 by George Parker in Janesville, WI. http://www.parkerpen.com/en/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Pen_Company ; headquarters moved to Newhaven, East ...

It’s rare to receive a hand-written note these days. How many of us will sit down and actually write thank-yous for Christmas presents? We’re too far down the digital line to regard emails as somehow ...