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Rally to end gun violence set for Sunday at Cook Park

A call to action to end gun violence will be held 4 p.m. Sunday at Cook Park in downtown Libertyville.

The community event will feature a song performance led by Laurie Akers, cantor for Congregation Or Shalom, and a testimonial from Samantha Kent, a Newtown, Connecticut, resident who lost 26 friends in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Cook Park is at Milwaukee and Cook avenues.