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 The first pumpkin festival was held on Main Street in Keene, NH in 1991. It started as a modest event that was held in the hopes of attracting visitors to the downtown area. They had only 600 carved pumpkins lit around Central Square that year. Thousands of people visited the downtown area to trick-or-treat and view the pumpkins. The festival had been declared a success and was held again the following year. This was the year the festival was to make its first foray into the Guinness Book of World Records with 1,628 carved pumpkins lit at one time. In the third year, the festival moved to a Saturday late in October and was held rain or shine. Even the flood of 2005 just weeks before the festival didn't keep visitors from trying to top the record with an impressive 22,157 pumpkins! They topped their record in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2000. Then in 2003 they established the standing record with an official tally of 28,952 pumpkins. In 2009, they broke their own record with pumpkins. That's a lot of pumpkins! Will 2010 be the year the record is broken again?
The Record
Photo Courtesy of Al Braden
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