Posted: 06.28.2010

Tornado damage has forced Old World
Wisconsin to cancel plans for its annual Fourth of July bash.

Old World Wisconsin is a sprawling collection of settler-era
villages and farms in Eagle. Party plans included cannon fire, a
band concert, a greased pole climb, a barn dance and parade.
But a tornado that devastated the Eagle area Monday caused so
much damage to Old World Wisconsin state officials had to close the
site.

A reopening date has not been set. Site officials say it will
remained closed at least through Monday, July 5.

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