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Students participate in tradition of Anoka Halloween, represent schools and marching bands

Halloween parade(10/25/2024) Anoka is known as the “Halloween Capital of the World,” and on the afternoon of Oct. 25, students and staff from Lincoln and Wilson elementary schools in Anoka walked down the city’s Main Street, showing off their Halloween costumes and waving to the crowd of community members and parents who showed up to cheer them on at the Anoka Halloween Big Parade of Little People.

In addition, the marching bands from Anoka Middle School for the Arts, as well as Jackson and Oak View middle schools participated, playing music along the parade route. Anoka-Hennepin School Board members and administrators also walked in the parade.
 
Anoka’s Halloween history dates back to 1920, with the city being one of the first ever to host a Halloween parade. The city was officially proclaimed the Halloween Capital of the World by Congress in 1937.