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🌱 What can you discover at Monticello library’s America 250 exhibit?

Also check out Festival of Quilts 2026 on the Monticello Patch calendar

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  • What can you discover at Monticello library's America 250 exhibit?

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Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Traveling America 250 display comes to Monticello library (newsandreviewonline.com) — Monticello-Union Township Public Library is hosting a monthlong traveling exhibit exploring America's path to independence and the work of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Residents can view themed panels on freedom, taxation, and preservation as part of early preparations for the nation's 250th anniversary before the display moves on to Logansport.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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