Alaska, the vast domain of sea and mountain, polar bear, brown bear,Walrus, whales and fish. The northern lights that shine in the sky above and scenery that defies description. A land of hardy, brave and industrious people. This is our home. We love it.
Early explorations placed it in possession of Russia until purchased by the US on October 18, 1867. A price of $7,200,000.00 was figured to be about 2 cents per acre. Quite a deal for such a desolate and out of the way terrain, but it all seemed to work out!
Every year on Oct. 18 Sitka celebrates Alaska Day with lots of fun things to do for about a week before. Folks wear clothes from the period and the entire pageant is policed by "Keystone Cops" which is a young lady's group enforcing the Mayors resolution that all males must have a beard. Alaska Days is highlighted annually by a re-enactment of the official transferring of Alaska to the US . It is held atop Castle Hill here in Sitka which is where the original signing of transfer took place. The parade is the highlight of the day and it did not disappoint.It rained the entire time, but hey it's Sitka, it rains. Hahaa
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| Restored fire engine |
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| Coast Guard |
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| Keystone Cops |
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| Everyone showed up to be in the parade! |
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| Fire rope entertainer |
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| Seattle Firefighter Bag Pipe players |
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| They were awesome! |
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| The end! |
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