Citizens Upset Over Town's "Whorehouse" Festival

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GILBERT, Minn. -- Promoting this town's proud history is one thing. Naming the town's festival Gilbert Whorehouse Days is another thing entirely.

A group of angry citizens showed up at a City Council meeting Tuesday to protest the event. The festival's name refers to a time when Gilbert was known for its bars, gambling and "working girls" during Prohibition.

"The damage has been done," resident Fran Marolt said. "This is not a family-oriented activity."

The event doesn't include any of the activities that gave the festival its name, but City Council members still don't approve.

"It would give us a black eye," City Council member Dan Berry said.

Organizers say the festival -- and its name -- are meant to bring back a part of history. The festival is planned for two days in July and includes a car show, antique fair and bank robbery reenactment.

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build the economy of the town in order to get it established. They should be honored literally and figuratively for their contribution.

but I like the honoring of those brave and often exploited women who contributed to building the old west.