join in the first
All connecticut
storytelling rave
Launching in April 5, 2025
BE A PART OF HISTORY - CELEBRATE CONNECTICUT AND AMERICA
Launching in April 5, 2025
BE A PART OF HISTORY - CELEBRATE CONNECTICUT AND AMERICA
Happy Birthday America!
In 2026, America will be celebratng its 250th birthday!
All over the country, over the next two years, celebrations will be gearing up for this
important anniversary. Stories of real Americans - you, me - are being collected to tell the real story of America.
By participating, you and History Chip, together with institutions around Connecticut, are doing our part in this grand celebration of America. And as we collect these stories, Connecticut is getting out ahead of this celebration. Let’s show America that even though we’re a little state, we have a big stake in the story of America!
Our goal is 10,000 stories from every town, every person, all over the state.
Share your stories
Getting the party started! On January 11, 2025, History Chip is partnering with Connecticut Storytelling Center and the New London Library to lead the charge with a MINI RAVE.
On hand to help get the storytelling juices flowing will be the great Carolyn Stearns. Carolyn brings her love of the spoken word to listeners of all ages and has a broad repertoire of multicultural tales, folk lore, Connecticut history, and tales from the natural world.
There are three ways to share your stories: written, voice recording and video recording.
GET INVOLVEDWE THE PEOPLE
You are invited!
Everyone who lives in, or has ever lived in Connecticut, visited or had a connection to CT, is invited to share their impressions, memories, likes or dislikes about CT. We want you to share your stories of life in this little state with a big heart, and even bigger history.
GET INVOLVED
Credit: Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
This is a singular opportunity for all of us to tell the story of Connecticut as only we can tell it.
The story of Connecticut is the story of all of us - the farmers, office workers, nurses, students, people of of all colors, women, differently abled people, athletes, musicians, native peoples, LGBTQ. All of us! This is our story and our chance to tell it!
One story at a time! That's how each of us adds our voice to the real story of Connecticut. Add your story to shine the spotlight on Connecticut.
Credit: Tim Cook, The Day
Because all of our voices matter!----------------------
10,000 stories of this little state!
Imagine how 10,000 stories will make the story of Connecticut more about all of us! 10,000 stories that include all of us, all of our perspectives - rich and poor,
immigrants, long-time residents, professors and students. Because all of our voices matter. History isn’t complete when some of us aren’t included.
Don’t be left out! Speak up! Share your stories. It’s easy!
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED --------------------
Yes you can! We welcome everyone!
There are so many ways to get involved with this great project!
Your museum, library, community center, senior center, historical organization, can be a venue host - SIGN UP,
Hosting will bring visitors into your venue while it helps to build this great collection of Connecticut stories.
This is a singular opportunity to tell the story of Connecticut as only we can tell it.
SIGN UP
Credit: G. Whitham / Hearst Connecticut Media
History Chip is an online archive of true stories. At History Chip we believe that all the stories of all people matter – stories large or small. Your stories matter. Your history matters. Together, we tell the whole story. Each individual story helps fill in the missing pieces in the puzzle of our majestic history.
At History Chip, you can add a long story or a snippet of your life’s experiences into our archive of primary source history. And you can do it quickly, right now, in no time at all. Think of this as history with immediacy. History Chip offers the ease of Tik Tok to a sort of Wikipedia of history. Everyone is welcome to participate with audio, text, video and still photos. Even as contributors to History Chip reflect on their past, they are adding to the future of history.
