Máximo Castillo's Signature

Handwriting reveals much about a persona. In fact, there is a science known as Graphology, which involves studying and analyzing handwriting for personality traits. Graphology has been around for centuries. Did you know, Máximo Castillo wrote his memoirs in pencil because that was all he had to communicate his story and write about the Mexican Revolution.

While Máximo was imprisoned in Fort Bliss and Fort Wingate, he sat down to write what he had experienced during his four years of  revolutionary activity. The General set about writing his memoirs with the intention of leaving his perspective to posterity: because he was a man of honor; because they unjustly accused him; because he did not want his name to remain compromised; because he did not want to leave a stain on his family. Above all, he was concerned with the destiny of the revolution and the good memory of his name.

The General's manuscript handwritten in pencil with a few blots that indicated lack of an eraser he gave to his beloved wife Jesusita. When he gave the memoirs to his wife, he hoped the manuscript would be published someday and his honor  and integrity would be saved. The noble General Máximo Castillo writes and speaks out for the hundreds of thousands of revolutionaries who disappeared silently in Mexico's civil war.  #TheMexicanRevolution #MexicanRevolution #RevoluciónMexicana #GeneralMaximoCastillo