Sponsors & Friends
Connecticut Democracy Center:
Connecticut History Day is a program in residence at the Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC). The CTDC provides people with a lifetime pathway to active citizenship and the tools to take civic action in their own communities. CTDC strengthens civic engagement in the Constitution State by providing comprehensive and unbiased educational programming and outreach on state government, civics, history, and citizenship, particularly through its two signature programs: Kid Governor® and Connecticut History Day
Online at: ctdemocracycenter.org
Thank you to our Funders and Supporters:
Program Support
Thank you to our Community Partners

Platinum Level Community Partner
Additional Funding:
- State Library and the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
- Retired Teachers of Fairfield County
- Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
- Travelers Community Connections
- Community Foundation of Middlesex County
- R. S. Gernon Trust
- Northwest Community Bank Foundation
- Numerous individual donors
Contest Hosts:
- Central Connecticut State University
- Torrington Intermediate School
- Norwich Free Academy
- Sacred Heart University
- Southern Connecticut State University
- University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
Special Prize Donors:
- Akomawt Educational Initiative
- Association for the Study of Connecticut History
- Connecticut Coalition for History
- Connecticut Council for the Social Studies
- Connecticut Democracy Center
- ConnecticutHistory.Org, a program of Connecticut Humanities
- Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut History
- Connecticut League of Museums
- Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office
- Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society
- The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
- History Department, Southern Connecticut State University
- Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County
- National Maritime Historical Society
- New England Air Museum
- Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
- WWS Foundation
Our Testimonials
What People Are Saying
Student
CHD has changed my life, made me a stronger and better person, and given me the real life experiences that I will carry with me...
Lindsay M.
Student
Student
CT History Day has given me an all-rounded positive impact in everything that I do daily, and I am extremely grateful to have been a part of it.
Prastik M.
Student
Judge
The enthusiasm and earnestness of the students and their interest and love of history are what bring me back each year to judge at the contests.
Laura S.
Judge
Teacher
CHD empowers students to develop critical thinking skills by researching and analyzing historical topics through the lens of an annual theme.
Joseph M.
Teacher
Teacher
NHD is my go-to program for offering enrichment and extension opportunities to students in our school...
Jodi O.
Teacher
Student
CHD allowed me to work with my friends in creating a project which helped me learn more about this nation’s history as well as the history of Connecticut…
Katherine H.
Student
Student
Connecticut History Day provides an enriching and unique research experience for students of all backgrounds.








