For the first time in 68 years, the Barrington United Veterans Coalition will not helm the town's Memorial Day parade.
The group is claiming the Town Council's decision to strip it of its cherished role was done in"retribution" for its opposition to flying a Black Lives Matter flag over a veteran's memorial situated near the town hall.
The Town of Barrington voted to supplant the veterans' group with the town manager last Monday. Dulchinos was booted from his role as master of ceremonies, which he held for seven years, and replaced with Frank Douglas, a professor at the Naval War College. Douglas had previously backed the Town Council's bid to fly the BLM flag over the memorial.
Barrington has offered to collaborate with the BUVC for the forthcoming parade, inviting the group to its parade committee. But the town's move has not gone over well with the group. Dulchinos indicated that the group will not participate in the parade and will instead administer its own wreath-laying ceremony at Victory Gate near the start of the parade. He said it would be"a bridge too far" to have the town micromanage the parade, which the BUVC had organized for seven decades.
Dulchinos noted that the Town Council did not give the BUVC a reason for usurping its role nor advance notice that this was coming. Dulchinos said the Town Council told him to attend a March 7 meeting, where he was blindsided by the vote, and he feels the group is being targeted for its convictions.
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