Rosalia's Battle Days canceled this year

ROSALIA — Battle Days has been canceled for 2021.

Its board of directors announced the decision for the annual town event, which marked its 50th anniversary in June 2019.

“Public safety is number one in our mind. Given the rate of (vaccine) doses going out, we owe it to the public that the event is going to be safe,” said Pat Brown, chair of Battle Days Association.

He noted organizers did not know how many people would feel comfortable to come to the event, to make the travel plans, for the vendors to know there would be a crowd – as well as high school sports scheduled to still be going that...