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Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum gathering stories for America’s 250th anniversary.UNANSWERED.MEGHAN MOSLEY KOCO 5 NEWS.AMERICANS ARE CELEBRATING THE NATION’S 250TH BIRTHDAY WITH INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM THE PAST AND OUR OWN OKC NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM IS DOCUMENTING THOSE ACCOUNTS.KOCO OLIVIA HICKEY LEARNED ABOUT THEIR PART IN A NATIONWIDE ENDEAVOR AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM.THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE OKLAHOMANS ARE INCLUDED IN NATIONWIDE CONVERSATIONS.AS WE CELEBRATE AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY.WE FEEL LIKE OUR ROLE AS A MEMORIAL MUSEUM IS TO REMEMBER, BUT ALSO TO BE A PLACE OF CONVENING.THIS SUMMER, THEY’RE PARTNERING WITH THE AMERICAN CONVERSATION PROJECT.THEY’LL COLLECT THOUGHTS AND STORIES ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND HOPE AND DIRECTION FOR THE FUTURE.THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER, WE’LL BE SCHEDULING SMALL GROUP CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE’LL JUST FACE TO FACE, ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY WHAT THEY’RE THINKING ABOUT, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR COMMUNITY, HOW THEY FIT INTO THAT COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.AND IT’S JUST AN EXCITING WAY TO TIE IN OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAM BETTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS PROJECT THAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY.THE CONVERSATIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE.SO THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT JUST GOING TO LIVE IN THE SPACES WHERE THEY’RE BEING, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY’RE TAKING PLACE.THEY’RE GOING TO BE ESSENTIALLY PUT INTO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, RIGHT TO FOREVER.REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE AS A COUNTRY IN THIS 250TH YEAR.IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE’RE GOING TO USE IT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR CIVIC HEALTH HERE IN OKLAHOMA.MEANTIME, ON THE GROUNDS, EACH CHAIR WILL RECEIVE A NEW AMERICAN FLAG AHEAD OF INDEPENDENCE DAY.WE WILL HAVE NEW FLAGS UP AT THE CHAIR SO THEY WON’T BE THERE CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE OKLAHOMA WEATHER WILL GIVE THEM A BEATING.BUT SO FOR FLAG DAY AND THEN AGAIN FOR JULY 4TH.ABSOLUTELY.TO HELP AMERICA CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY.IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED, HEAD TO O Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum gathers stories for America’s 250th anniversary The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is partnering with the American Conversation Project to collect reflections on the nation’s present and future, while honoring victims with new flags for Independence Day Updated: 6:30 PM CDT Jun 12, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is partnering with the American Conversation Project this summer to collect stories and reflections from Oklahomans as part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration."Well, we feel like our role as a memorial museum is to remember, but also to be a place of convening," said Stephen Evans, director of education and public programming.The museum will host small group conversations throughout the summer to gather thoughts on community, hope, and direction for the future."Throughout the entire summer, we'll be scheduling small group conversations where we'll just face to face, ask people, you know, what they what they're thinking about, about, you know, their community, how they fit into that community, what they hope for the future.And it's just an exciting way to tie in our signature program, Better Conversations, with this project that's happening around the country," Evans said.The conversations will be preserved in the National Archives to document the nation’s 250th year and will also help assess civic health in Oklahoma."So, these conversations are not just going to live in the spaces where they're being, you know, where they're taking place.They're going to be, essentially, put into the National Archives, right?To forever remember where we were as a country in this 250th year.In addition to that, we're going to use it to help us understand our civic health here in Oklahoma," Evans said.Ahead of Independence Day, the memorial will also place new American flags at each chair on the grounds to honor victims."We will have new flags up at the chair so they won't be there continuously.Because Oklahoma weather will give them a beating.But so, for Flag Day, and then again for July 4th.Absolutely.To help America celebrate the 250th anniversary," Evans said.>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning Newsletter OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is partnering with the American Conversation Project this summer to collect stories and reflections from Oklahomans as part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration."Well, we feel like our role as a memorial museum is to remember, but also to be a place of convening," said Stephen Evans, director of education and public programming.The museum will host small group conversations throughout the summer to gather thoughts on community, hope, and direction for the future."Throughout the entire summer, we'll be scheduling small group conversations where we'll just face to face, ask people, you know, what they what they're thinking about, about, you know, their community, how they fit into that community, what they hope for the future.And it's just an exciting way to tie in our signature program, Better Conversations, with this project that's happening around the country," Evans said.The conversations will be preserved in the National Archives to document the nation’s 250th year and will also help assess civic health in Oklahoma."So, these conversations are not just going to live in the spaces where they're being, you know, where they're taking place.They're going to be, essentially, put into the National Archives, right?To forever remember where we were as a country in this 250th year.In addition to that, we're going to use it to help us understand our civic health here in Oklahoma," Evans said.Ahead of Independence Day, the memorial will also place new American flags at each chair on the grounds to honor victims."We will have new flags up at the chair so they won't be there continuously.Because Oklahoma weather will give them a beating.But so, for Flag Day, and then again for July 4th.Absolutely.To help America celebrate the 250th anniversary," Evans said.>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning Newsletter