When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, he reportedly used more than 75 pens (video footage can be found here, although camera cutaways make it hard to keep track)
TIME magazine explains the rationale behind multi-pen signatures:
The pen used to sign historic legislation itself becomes a historical artifact. The more pens a President uses, the more thank-you gifts he can offer to those who helped create that piece of history. The White House often engraves the pens, which are then given as keepsakes to key proponents or supporters of the newly signed legislation.
( Via: labnol.org )
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It is a friendly signature - waits for handwriting analysis -
"The various pens will be distributed as souvenirs, mainly to key legislators"
Great Post !
Might be he checking the which pen is good for signature or he is trying find out some comfortable pen for writing and signing by signing same signature using 22 different pens..
That an interesting post. I never thought about this before. But, looking back at different situations, this might be right. Keep it up friend!
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