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Journey To The Past: Monroe Through Time II To Be Unveiled At Sunday Lunch Journey To The Past: Monroe Through Time II To Be Unveiled At Sunday Lunch
Journey To The Past: Monroe Through Time II To Be Unveiled At Sunday Lunch MONROE, Conn. -- A new illustrated paperback capturing the rich history of Monroe will be unveiled at a luncheon at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library on Sunday. The luncheon will introduce "Monroe Thought Time II," which chronicles such little-known chapters in the town's history as: A Ku Klux Klan rally in 1924 that drew 1,100 America-Firsters to a site where a Goodwill Store stands today. A neighborhood popularly called Punkups that disappeared when Lake Zoar was created in 1919. The unsolved mystery of Captain Nathan Seeley, who was found dead in his barn in 1890 with a noose…

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