Lake County Forest Preserves chair calls for end to Civil War Days; resident says, 'This has nothing we want, nor should celebrate, nor re-enact'

The Chicago Tribune reports

The 2019 edition of Civil War Days at Lakewood Forest Preserve might be the last one hosted by the Lake County Forest Preserves after the district’s board debated the appropriateness of the annual commemoration Tuesday.

In fact, the event’s cancellation was announced on Monday via the forest preserves’ website, a move that ended up being walked back following Tuesday’s debate


Discussion at the forest preserves board meeting began after Wayne Carle, who helps coordinate the re-enactors who participate in the event, asked for an explanation for the posted cancellation.

Many board members expressed that they did not hear about the cancellation until an hour before the meeting.


Board President Angelo Kyle said he cancelled the event in part because he wanted the district to look at other issues like global warming and climate change.

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