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Library Plans Gala Panel Discussion For Monroe Reads Together

MONROE, Conn. -- The Edith Wheeler Memorial Library is hosting a Monroe Reads Together Event Gala Panel Discussion on Tuesday, March 29.

The 2016 Monroe Reads Together book is "The Boys in the Boat."

The 2016 Monroe Reads Together book is "The Boys in the Boat."

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Rachel Martin

Monroe Superintendent of Schools James Agostina will moderate the discussion, and there will be three special guests.

  • Mara Ford -- 1988 Olympic women’s crew and vice president of the National Rowing Foundation
  • Tom Weil -- rowing historian, Mystic Seaport director and former Yale crew member
  • Commander William Randal -- 1987 U.S. national team and U.S. Coast Guard Academy rowing director

Registration is not required. The Monroe Reads Together book for 2016 is “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.”

The event will begin at 7 p.m., in Jockey Hollow Middle School.

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