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President calls for cease-fire

History buffs will not get a chance to participate in Pierce College’s Heritage Days this semester because the college’s president canceled the Civil War reenactment in response to neighbors’ complaints.

“Ultimately, I had to make the decision, and I made the decision to cancel,” Kathleen Burke-Kelly, Pierce’s president, said.

The event draws in a large crowd from the community and features real cannon fire, which creates significant levels of noise in the area.

Pierce’s Farm Center has hosted this two-day event, the only one of its kind in Los Angeles County, for the past three years.