Posts tagged with ‘Anoka’

  • This Day in History October 31, 1920

    By Ruth on October 31, 2013
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    I wasn’t aware of today’s feature.  On this date in 1920, Anoka, Minnesota became the first town in America to celebrate Halloween.  The year before, this town had a load of pranksters wreak havoc, and they decided that making it an official celebration would help keep teenagers occupied.  Anoka, Minnesota is now the unofficial Halloween capital as their celebrations have […]