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Share Halloween Memories

A photo of Carved Pumpkins


Happy Halloween
from the Commonwealth Museum Staff!


Share Halloween Memories


If parents or teachers would like to share Halloween photos, including parties, carved pumpkins, and “trick or treaters” we will post them on the Commonwealth Museum facebook page.
Send to: commonwealthmuseum@sec.state.ma.us


Read More About Halloween:


Bannatyne, Lesley Pratt. Halloween: an American Holiday, an American History  Gretna Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2005.
A lively, concise, and comprehensive look at all things "Halloween."

Kelley, Ruth Edna. The Book of Halloween: The Origin and History of Halloween 
Originally printed 1919. Reprinted Middletown Delaware, 2015. First published in 1919.
A chance to brush up on Halloween related mythology.