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Did You Know Today Is Verrazano Day?
Source: Matthew Proujansky via Wikimedia CommonsAccording to John N. LaCorte and 1954 New York Governer W. Averell Harriman, today is Verrazano Day! There is a long and sordid history of how the bridge got its name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazano-Narrows_Bridge], however, today it is simply known as