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Test Your Knowledge of 'Connecticut Icons'
Take a "Connecticut Icons" quiz at the Ridgefield Public Library with author Charles Monagan.
RIDGEFIELD, CT -- The Ridgefield Library will be hosting a talk on "Connecticut Icons" with Charles Monagan, author of a new book on the subject.
Monagan will discuss a colorful new edition of "Connecticut Icons" published by Globe Pequot. He will cover many Connecticut icons in this talk from Sleeping Giant, the Merritt Parkway and the USS Nautilus to hot lobster rolls, Wiffle Balls and Pepperidge Farm bread. His presentation encourages audience participation, most notably through a Connecticut Icons Quiz.
Charles Monagan's writing has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, and from 1989 to 2013 he was the editor of Connecticut Magazine. In 1997, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Reporting from the national City and Regional Magazine Association. In 2012, he received the Connecticut Press Club's Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Journalism, a lifetime award.
The author talk "Connecticut Icons" will be Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m. Books will be available for sale and for signing at the event.
Photo via Ridgefield Public Library.
