GROWING TRADITION – Members of the Seattle Firefighters Pipes & Drums pose outside Blatchley Middle School this afternoon following a short performance for the students. This year seventeen members of the group traveled to Sitka for the Alaska Day festival, the most ever for the group that has become an Alaska Day staple. Today they were scheduled to play at Xoots Elementary, Sitka High, the Sitka Long Term Care Facility, Blatchley, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, the Elks Lodge, Westmark, Coast Guard, the Legion Hall and the Moose Lodge before playing at the Alaska Day Ball tonight. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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20 YEARS AGO
October 2004
Seven Keystone Kops took oaths on the Pioneers Home lawn Thursday, promising to create chaos and disorder and start raising money for the annual Alaska Day celebration. For $2 you can buy this year’s button and avoid the Kops customary “fine” of a kiss.
50 YEARS AGO
October 1974
Photo caption: Sgt. John McConnaughey, Alaska State Trooper, swears in the Keystone Cops, officially launching Sitka’s annual Alaska Day celebration. The Cops will “arrest” and fine those not in costume, with the proceeds to help pay for the celebration.