Almanac: Parker pens a legacy 02:20. And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: November 1st, 1863, 152 years ago today ... a day to write home about.

The Parker Pen factory originally had 1,200 employees, but after gradual scaling down it closed in 2010 and was demolished in 2014. Image source, Newhaven Historical Society/Historic England.