Matt Ray joins in representing the GA A250 team. We talk about how the plan for civic celebrations started, and the many events that have happened, are happening and what's ahead the rest of the year.
Catch the fireworks all around West Michigan, today we put the spotlight on GR's Saturday activities. Russ Hines discusses the plans for festivities, including safety, family events, and more.
In honor of the A250 celebration, Jim The Shark Dreyer will tow 250 cannonballs while swimming 22 miles from offshore in Lake Michigan to the coastal town of Whitehall. Jim talks about why cannonballs and why 22 miles in preparation for the August 7 event.
National Chair of America250, Rosie Rios, joins in, giving the National look at the celebrations plus the talk of a Giving 4th.
New research suggests that some of America's deepest divides date back to colonial times. Colin Woodard, Director of Nationhood Lab at Salve Regina University's Pell Center, discusses research that finds overwhelming agreement on the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. We go into detail.
A new History Tellers Award shines a spotlight on the interpreters and guides who bring history to life at historic sites and museums. We talk to Chocolate Historian at Mars, Inc., Dave Borghesani and Marcus Smith, History and Interpretive Fellow at Du Bois Freedom Center.
Author Katie Kennedy talks about her latest work in tandem with the America 250 celebration, The Declaration Decoded: A Guide to the Document that Inspired Our Nation. The book looks at the Declaration sentence by sentence, idea by idea.
Transcripts are provided upon request.
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