Posted on 06/16/2019 8:59:18 PM PDT by PBRCat
Civil War Days will go on as scheduled next month in the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda, but it may be the swan song for what's been a popular event for 27 years.
The abrupt move came at the directive of Angelo Kyle, president of the forest district's board.
"I believe it has run its course. It has fulfilled whatever it's purpose was," said Kyle.
"This is a re-enactment of a war over the enslavement of African Americans and there are some people who don't want to be reminded of that," he later added. "Some of the things that really happened are not in the history books."
"This ugly, racist, evil war is nothing to be celebrated nor re-enacted," activist Ralph Peterson Jr., said during the public comment portion of the meeting.
Peterson said he represents activists, Black Lives Matter, clergy and "caring, conscious residents of all persuasions."
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Repatriation should have immediately followed emancipation.
Idiots like this are going to divide this nation in a way that even a war will not be able to preserve it.....
Completely bogus in that the controversy originated with the elected official who wanted to cancel the event. Now that people are debating his stupidity and ignorance of American history the event must be canceled due to the controversy that Angelo Kyle, himself, fueled.
>>>This is a re-enactment of a war over the enslavement of African America<<<
Will, it may have ended that way but it didn’t start out that way. The result was it Freed the Slaves at the cost of hundreds of thousands of Lives and countless Life changing injuries.
History is supposed to be historical, not hysterical.
>>>Our ancestors told us what really happened. Did you know that black soldiers were put on the front line in the North and Southern front lines so they would be killed first?<<<
First I’ve heard of it. Did they have Weapons or were they just piled up like Sandbags?
Agree completely ! I've been to this event several times and have enjoyed it each time.
The Irish who are European did much of the very hard labor of that era. They also built railroads and dug canals.
The Democrats are like indulgent parents who spoil their children. The more indulgent the more rude and nasty they become.
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