Partnerships
Featured Partners
Partnerships play a vital role in bringing this nationwide commemoration to life. Stay tuned as we build an expanding network of organizations, businesses, and community groups and learn how you can get involved.
Oregon Historical Quarterly
Submit a Proposal for OHQ’s “Histories for the Future” Special Issue
In recognition of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Oregon Historical Quarterly (OHQ) will create a special issue of the journal, “Histories for the Future,” to be published in June 2026. The special issue will consist of historical analysis and reflection pieces of not more than 2,500 words that can serve as tools for people taking action that “shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness” (Declaration of Independence).
Inspired by the AASLH’s Field Guide to the Semiquincentennial — with particular attention to the subjects of “unfinished revolutions,” “power of place,” and “doing history” — the special issue will be intersectional and forthright about the ways exclusion and White supremacy have shaped Oregon history. Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis, closing no later than July 4, 2025.
About the Oregon Historical Quarterly
The Oregon Historical Quarterly (OHQ) is a peer-reviewed, public history journal that has been published continuously since 1900 by the Oregon Historical Society. OHQ inspires curiosity and advances knowledge about the past by offering readers historical context and analysis that integrates examinations of race, class, and gender, and that recognizes and honors Indigenous relationships to place. It is one of the largest state historical society journals in the United States and is a recognized and respected source for the history of the Pacific Northwest.
Our American Story
The American story is woven from the unique and varied narratives of our people – from all backgrounds, communities, regions, cultures, genders, abilities, and more. Let’s tell and celebrate these stories.
Our American Story is an oral and visual storytelling project aimed at collecting and preserving our nation’s stories. This is your opportunity to nominate a living person – a friend, family member, neighbor, or community leader – whose story you think needs to be shared and preserved.
It could be someone in your life whose story resonates with you or has inspired you, but maybe isn’t widely known. It could be someone who has made a difference in your community – famous or unknown.
Select stories from each region of the country will be recorded, shared for everyone to enjoy, and archived at the Library of Congress, to cultivate a permanent record of the collective American story.
Every story is one worth sharing. Nominate history’s unsung champions today.