# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Revealing Racine's Roots: The Washington Park Scandal
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 24 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 24 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Learn about “The Washington Park Swindle” in compelling lecture by local historian Alan R Karls that reveals the history of Racine’s Root River parks. Karls, a Racine native and Washington Park High School alum, debunks some long-standing community beliefs about the parks, reveals unknown facts about the parks’ development and displays Jens Jensen designs not publicly displayed for over 110 years.

This is a story of a swindle that took place over one hundred years ago but has never before been reported outside of this presentation. It is a tale of rich versus poor and golf versus baseball. It is a tale of how powerful people ignored the promises and plans for a grand park that had been touted for years, and did something else, instead.


Room: The Community Room - Adult Services, 2nd Floor
Age range: Adults
No Registration
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/racine/revealing-racines-roots-the-washington-park-scandal/200030604107546
- **Event Categories**: Sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Racine
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 75 7th St, Racine, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53403
- **lat**: 42.72564
- **long**: -87.78086
- **full address**: 75 7th St, Racine, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53403

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Revealing Racine's Roots: The Washington Park Scandal being held?
  - **A:** Revealing Racine's Roots: The Washington Park Scandal takes place on Thu, 24 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 24 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm at 75 7th St, Racine, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53403.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Revealing Racine's Roots: The Washington Park Scandal?
  - **A:** Revealing Racine's Roots: The Washington Park Scandal is organized by Racine Public Library.

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