Tuesday, July 30, 2024

A giant pencil

News from New York State: “Ticonderoga unveils giant pencil sculpture celebrating graphite heritage.” The graphite in Dixon Ticonderoga pencils once came from the towns of Ticonderoga and Hague. Now it comes from Sri Lanka. The pencils haven’t been manufactured in the United States in many years.

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comments: 2

Slywy said...

I associate the name with New York and American history. Naive!

Michael Leddy said...

It is, but now all shut down.