Summer Reading at the Library!

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Join us for our annual summer reading program for children, teens and adults.  This year's theme is Color Your World.

Children & Teens:  Starting on June 2nd, visit the Children's Room to register and receive a reading log.

Adults:  Starting on June 2nd, sign up in person at the Reference Desk to receive a packet.  Click here for the Nonfiction and Fiction reading lists relating to the theme.

 

 

 

The Chocolate Kings: Hershey vs. Mars

Program Type:

Virtual-Zoom

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

In chocolate history, few names are better known than Hershey and Mars. Milton Hershey brought milk chocolate to the masses with his Hershey bar. Frank and Forrest Mars dominated American sweet tooths with the Milky Way, Snickers and Three Musketeers bars. Join historian Leslie Goddard, Ph.D. to explore how these two legendary companies began – and how their rivalry changed chocolate forever.

Presented by:  Leslie Goddard has a Ph.D. from Northwestern University where she specialized in American history. She also holds a master’s degree in museum studies and works full-time as a speaker, author, and historian.  Learn more about Leslie by visiting her website:  http://www.lesliegoddard.info/

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