In Finland, as elsewhere in Scandinavia, Halloween traditions that we are familiar with in America (costumes, trick-or-treating, jack o’-lanterns) have only recently begun to become more popular. Instead, Finn’s celebrate All Saints’ Day, on November 1, as a quiet celebration of those who have passed away. Why am I writing about Finland this Halloween? Because today’s building is the Finnish Hall in Canterbury. It was built in 1924 by the Finnish American Education Association as a social center for the Finnish community in Canterbury, which had one of the largest Finnish communities in the state (about a quarter of the town’s population were Finnish farmers). The building, which has been enlarged over the years, was renamed Sampo Hall when it was acquired in 1963 by a Finnish group known as the Sampo Club, named for the famous magical artifact from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. In 1987, the Finnish American Heritage Society was formed to acquire and operate the building and has since constructed a new Heritage Center, with a library and research archives.