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How Old Newspapers Recorded American Halloween

The Library of Congress has looked at how people in the United States have celebrated Halloween over time. It used Chronicling America, an old newspaper collection. The autumn holiday is widely linked to the Christian days All Hallows Eve and All Saints Day. It is also linked to Samhain, an earlier Celtic festival. Samhain marked the end of the harvest.…

Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Library of Congress: Headlines and Heroes (newspapers). Read the original for the full report.

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