symbolic roles in regional politics and culture. On the year of every gubernatorial election, would-be candidates, lobbyists, campaign workers, and reporters gather in the town of Wakefield, Virginia, for Shad Planking. Similarly, in Connecticut, the towns of Essex and Windsor hold annual shad festivals. Each spring, the town of Lambertville, New Jersey, on the Delaware River across from New Hope, Pennsylvania, also hosts an annual Shad Festival. There is a shad museum on the Connecticut River in Haddam, Connecticut. William Penn negotiated with the Lenape for the shad fishing ground Schuylkill in the 1680s. Shad, he said, were "excellent Pickled or Smoked." References External links "Fried Shad Roe" recipe. Village Voice article, "Shad Madness". New England Shad Association American shad Sport fish Fauna of the Eastern United States Fish of North America Fish of the North Atlantic Symbols of Connecticut American shad Taxa named by Alexander Wilson (ornithologist) Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies