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<i>New SOA blog post! </i></div>
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<b>America 250: Reflections from the Archives</b></div>
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<i>by Natalie Fritz, Archivist and Outreach Director, Clark County Historical Society at the Heritage Center.</i></div>
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It’s July 2026, and we’ve officially arrived at the big celebration stretch for America 250. But if you’ve been doing this work in your own community, you already know the anniversary isn’t really about a single day. It’s not just the 4th of July. The commemorations,
programming, and reflection have been unfolding all year long (and even before), and they’ll keep unfolding well past the fireworks.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As the Archivist and Outreach Director at the </span>
<span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://heritage.center/" target="_blank" id="OWA66fdb4ee-d2cd-9244-970d-0b765f33b8cd" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Clark County Historical Society</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in
Springfield, I’ve spent the last year and a half feeling like I’m neck-deep in that work, and I wanted to share how it’s gone here. This is partly a record for our own institution, and partly because I know so many of you are navigating the same in your own
communities. <i>Continue reading on the SOA website:</i> <a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/america-250-reflections/">https://ohioarchivists.org/america-250-reflections/</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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