October 1, 2004

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  Wis. Town Plans Egg Battle Re-Enactment

  
  

  
  

  EGG HARBOR, Wis. - Plans to re-enact the egg battle that led to the naming of this town in 1825 were simply too true to be good, state officials have decided.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  The Department of Natural Resources said Saturday's event must use plastic eggs, not the real thing, in depicting the historic egg-throwing battle between crews of two boats docked in the harbor on Lake Michigan's Green Bay.
  

  
  

  
  

   Tom Hansen, DNR warden supervisor, said eggs are breeding grounds for bacteria, and the invasive zebra mussels growing on the bottom of the bay would feast on the calcium shells.

  
  

  
  

  The original egg fight among sailors was apparently a spur-of-the-moment release of tension, as recounted by Green Bay diarist Elizabeth Baird, who happened to be sailing by on another ship.

  
  

   

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