Mev McMahon:
Storyteller

Lamboginny performs at Norfield Congregational Church in Weston, Conn. on June 9, 2018. This was the Nigerian musician's first performance in America and aimed to raise awareness and funds for his nonprofit criminal justice organization Saving All Lives Together (SALT).

Izzy Hotchkiss, 7, pays Tyler Sullivan of Polar Sweets for an ice cream at the Rock'n Roots Revival in Redding, Conn. on June 30, 2018. The annual festival coinciding with Independence Day features local band performances followed by a fireworks display.

Iris LaMastro, 8, watches the post Memorial Day Parade ceremony in front of the town hall in Easton, Conn. on May 28, 2018.

Children wave glow sticks during Generation Blues Band performance during the Rock'n Roots Revival in Redding, Conn. on June 30, 2018. The annual festival coinciding with Independence Day features local band performances followed by a fireworks display.

Ysa Ashe, 7, climbs up a wall while Hudson Jobst, 4, and Sadi Williams, 3,  jump together in a bounce castle at the Party in the Park celebration held at Wolfe Park in Monroe, Conn. on September 23, 2018. The festival was held to raise funds for the Monroe Playground Foundation. 

Vernice Holmes sells her artwork during the Lamboginny concert at Norfield Congregational Church in Weston, Conn. on June 9, 2018. Thirty percent of the profits she made were donated to Lamboginny's nonprofit criminal justice organization Saving All Lives Together (SALT). 

Members of the 5th Connecticut Regiment relax after a two hour reenactment commemorating the 240th anniversary of the Battle of Ridgefield in Ridgefield, Conn. on April 29, 2017. On April 27, 1777, British troops lead by General William Tryon pursued General Benedict Arnold and his force of about 700 militia down the town's Main Street after burning a large Continental Army supply stockpile in the neighboring city of Danbury, Conn.

Men converse in Gaelic on the streets of Inis Mór, County Clare, Ireland as one of the islands many tourism buses zooms past on March 23, 2016. 

Tears fall from co-presenter Sarah Kelly's eyes during the presentation of the Peter Burton Hanson Award to Liadon O'Connor at Joel Barlow High School in Redding, Conn. during the school's annual 9/11 ceremony on September 11, 2018. The award, named in honor of the school's 1978 graduate who was on Flight 175 with his family when it crashed into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, is granted annually to a student who embodies Hanson's characteristics of dedication to social justice, appreciation of cultural differences, love of the arts, concern for the environment, volunteerism, and sensitivity to the issue of peace.

Dawn McMahon serves dinner to her husband Jay, while family friend Ashley Slover waits on November 28, 2013 at the McMahon family home in Ridgefield, Conn. 

Sunshine illuminates the American side of Niagara Falls on January 19, 2016. 

Michelle Jimenez, lead singer of the Rochester based band, Cherry Bomb, dances with the audience at The Hilton Apple Festival in Parma, N.Y. on October 6, 2013.

Henry Deysenroth of the Redding Fire & EMS Company 1 shows a light baton to Joory Almaandalawi, 5, at the Rock'n Roots Revival in Redding, Conn. on June 30, 2018. The annual festival coinciding with Independence Day features local band performances followed by a fireworks display.