Sat 12/28 @10-11:30AM
The end of the year is the time to look back on everything that’s happened during the past year, including numerous 50th anniversaries of things that happened in the watershed year of 1969.
And speaking of watersheds, one of the most high-profile local celebrations of the past year was that of the anniversary of the last Cuyahoga River fire. That event not only spawned a Randy Newman song, but more significantly, helped jumpstart the environmental movement, the formation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Water Act. That’s especially important to focus on in an era when anti-environmental forces have regained a lot of power to ruin the environment.
The Cleveland Metroparks offer an opportunity to reflect one more time on the Cuyahoga River fire at “Burning River Requiem: Fires on the Water.” Historical interpreter Doug Kusak will talk about how and why the 1969 fire, one of many on the river, emerged as so impactful.
The program takes place at Canalway Center. It’s free and open to the public. Register here.
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