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Next year, the United States will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Right now, many organizations are preparing for the anniversary here in Connecticut and beyond.

Today, we’ll hear from some of those institutions about their anniversary plans, the importance of learning from the past, and more.

The conversation was originally recorded at Connecticut’s America 250 2025 Conference held at the University of Connecticut and organized by CT Humanities.

GUESTS:


Tom Schuch: Archival Historian, at the New London County Historical Society


Norman Berman: President of the Temple Beth Israel Preservation Society


Sylvester Salcedo: Connecticut Veteran and Content Developer


Anne Dropick: Executive Director, Eidetic Productions, Inc.


Jason Mancini: Executive Director of CT Humanities and Vice Chair of Connecticut’s America 250 Commission

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Next year, the United States will commemorate the <a href="https://ct250.org/">250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.</a>
Right now, many organizations are preparing for the anniversary here in Connecticut and beyond.
Today, we&rsquo;ll hear from some of those institutions about their anniversary plans, the importance of learning from the past, and more.
The conversation was originally recorded at <a href="https://ct250.org/events/2025-conference/">Connecticut&rsquo;s America 250 2025 Conference </a>held at the University of Connecticut and organized by CT Humanities.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
Tom Schuch: Archival Historian, at the <a href="https://www.nlchs.org/">New London County Historical Society</a>
</li>
<li>
Norman Berman: President of the <a href="https://www.tbipreservation.org/">Temple Beth Israel Preservation Society</a>
</li>
<li>
Sylvester Salcedo: Connecticut Veteran and Content Developer
</li>
<li>
Anne Dropick: Executive Director, Eidetic Productions, Inc.
</li>
<li>
Jason Mancini: Executive Director of <a href="https://cthumanities.org/">CT Humanities</a> and Vice Chair of Connecticut&rsquo;s America 250 Commission
</li>
</ul>
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Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.