vLetter Lesley Font — FREE!
This is the handwriting of Lesley Duncheon of Chicago, Illinois. Lesley led the milkweed silk program for the the Soil Conservation Service during WW II. Milkweed silk is the white fluffy material that carries milkweed seed from the milkweed pods. Japan cut off the supply of kapok, the plant fiber previously used for buoyancy in flotation devices. If was found that the wild milkweed silk could substitute for the kapok. So, U.S. children, eager to do their part for the war effort, went collecting. An added incentive for the young milkweed hunters was a cash reward — 15 cents for an onion-bag full of pods. Patriotic schoolchildren throughout the country harvested an estimated 1.5 billion pods which made 1.2 million life vests during the war. No puns, just an interesting handwriting font and story.
Researcher: HughA
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