The purpose of the Committee is to plan and coordinate community events and displays commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence and celebrating Columbia’s contributions, experiences, and history since that historic day that a new nation was formed on July 4, 1776.
The Committee will coordinate with the America 250 | CT Commission and work together to explore how to best celebrate our residents and honor our Town’s place in American history. The Committee will coordinate with community groups such as, but not limited to, the Columbia Historical Society, the Saxton B. Little Library, Horace Porter School, Veterans organizations, the Lions Club of Columbia, churches, and other civic groups in creating community events. The Committee will plan, coordinate, and sometimes may supervise these events during the yearlong celebration. The Committee may coordinate historic-themed educational displays throughout the Town celebrating America’s successes and explaining America’s challenges and how we as a Town, State, and Nation persevered. The Committee is charged to be creative in how our Town commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the American experience as lived by our residents, past and present, in Columbia, Connecticut.