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Personal Narrative: Bedford Day

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As I take a moment to look up from my computer in my office in downtown Bedford, I glance out the window at the First Parish Church, the changing leaves of the large Maple tree on the common and a mother and her two small children walking on the sidewalk, I can’t help but reminisce about my childhood growing up in this wonderful town! I fondly remember the jail at Bedford Day, which we were happy to resurrect this year, I think of parades with floats, scouts, and militia, bike rides, school crushes, the prom stroll, trick or treating and the annual haunted house! Back then it was held in the old town hall and I recall meeting my friends as we stood on the steps anticipating being frightened by the ghosts and goblins that lurked within. We would scream with delight as we walked the haunted halls and cling to each other for support in laughter! Yes, remembering the good old days! The haunted event only took place for a few years, but the memories lasted a life time. In recent years, the First Parish Church resumed …show more content…

But this isn’t the only frightening Halloween haunt in the area. Older kids will delight in fright at Witch’s Woods in Westford. The woods at the Nashoba Valley Ski Area have been taken over by spirits, zombies, witches and howling werewolves. I am shuttering at the thought, but it is an annual tradition and loads of fun! The haunted woods run through October from 6:30 to 10:30 pm. Nearby Salem, MA, the City of Witches, comes alive (or is that dead) during Halloween each year and is a must visit during the Halloween season. Here are a few other haunted attractions in the area. Frightful Friday Ghost Stories and Tour at the Gore Mansion – Waltham, MA October 20 and 27 at 7 and 8:15 pm Hillside Halloween/Fruitlands Museum - Harvard MA October 28th from 10am to 5pm Third Degree of Terror – Ayer,

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