So much goes into celebrating the FIRST year of the Anoka Halloween tradition in 1920. But it’s the SECOND year that really starts the tradition. Hear what the celebrations were like in 1921, and how it echoes our celebrations today.
Hosts Rebecca Desens, ACHS Executive Director, and Sara Given, ACHS Volunteer Coordinator
Read MoreThe following is an excerpt from “Memories of Life …” by Arch G. Pease, pg. 45-51. Ellipses indicate text removed by ACHS for narrative purposes. Read his full memoir in History 21: The Vault and tune into History 21: The Podcast to hear an oral interview with Pease conducted in 1989.
Read MoreLocal newspapers are a bedrock of historical research, but those documents are created and run by people in the community. Listen to an interview with Arch Pease, editor and owner of the Anoka Union from 1946 until 1989, as well as it's with it's descendants Managing Editor, Jonathan Young.
Hosts Rebecca Desens, ACHS Executive Director and Sara Given, ACHS Volunteer Coordinator.
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