Washington, Aug. 24 (AFP): Whoever said letter writing is out of fashion forgot to tell thousands of US schoolchildren, who plan to roll out a half-mile-long epistle to President George W. Bush next month.

Some 4,000 eight-to-10 year-olds from each of the 50 states and Washington DC, were asked to write to President Bush with their aspirations for America’s future in a letter.

The missives will be joined together to make the world’s longest letter and unveiled in a ceremony sponsored by a pen manufacturer on the US capital’s national mall on September 15.

A student, Gabe, from Morrice, Michigan, wrote: “Could you lower taxes and make smoking illegal? My dad is addicted to smoking and I tell him to quit.”