He subsequently shared a screenshot from the Evanston Fourth of July Association announcing they were cancelling their annual fun run, parade, band performance and lakefront fireworks show.
The Association has instead opted for a ‘safe, creative, virtual celebration’ instead.
Speaking with Fox News, organizer Jamie Black said the Association ‘made the decision in March based on the information that we had at that time’.
He explained: ‘There are deadlines for permits and to secure the fireworks, as well as taking applications for the parade that happen early in the year’.
‘We erred on the side of caution. If things weren’t better, we would have been criticized for being a super spreader event’.
However, on Saturday, hundreds of residents turned out and went without masks to celebrate the first federal holiday of Juneteenth.
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss was spotted mingling with residents and was seen participating in a car parade.
Meanwhile, Pride parade festivities will be occurring in-person next Saturday, with a drive-by parade, a community picnic and a candle lighting ceremony.
Several people responded to Bevan’s tweet, with one writing: ‘Glad I left Evanston! Much happier in Arizona.’
Another chimed in: ‘Politically correct BS’.
However, others stated that the Evanston Fourth of July Association were well within their rights to cancel their in-person events, and there was no anti-American agenda.
‘You guys realize it’s not just one singular committee that plans ALL events for the city, right? You realize different events are planned by different committees made up of different people who have different ideas of how and when they’d like their events to happen… right??’ one wrote.
*story by DailyMail.com
