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Celebrate All Hallows’ Eve at Sully Treat yourself to Halloween history by heading to Sully Historic Site for the third annual All Hallows’ Eve celebration. It’s a family-friendly event designed to shed light on centuries-old customs that evolved into the holiday traditions of today. “Our event gives you a glimpse of things that would have been done on All Hallows’ Eve in the 18th and 19th centuries and before,” said Sully event coordinator Barbara Ziman. “Halloween is typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest.” The Sully celebration features cooking demonstrations, storytelling and other games and activities that were once popular at Halloween, a shortened version of All Hallows’ Eve. “Fortune telling was done at family parties as a parlor game,” Ziman said, “and hollowed-out pumpkins were used as pots for cooking stew. We’ll have cooking demonstrations in the slave quarters and the kitchen, and other family-friendly games and activities throughout the grounds.” There’s nothing creepy or spooky about this celebration, although classic tales such as Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” and Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” might give you goose bumps when they are read by storytellers. It all takes place from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, October 20th at Sully. Register with Parktakes Online or call 703-437-1794 for details.