Halloween Lantern Parade lights up Patterson Park
Every Halloween in Baltimore, an illuminated parade of costume-clad revelers snakes through Patterson Park for the Great Halloween Lantern Parade. This year, the theme was “Cosmic Park.”
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Sky lanterns, now banned in Md., illuminate winter celebrations
Sky lanterns, essentially small paper hot air balloons, have grown in popularity recently after being used and made in Asia for years. In some festivals, hundreds of balloons float in the air, illuminating the night sky.
That won’t be the case in Maryland. Responding to increased use of the balloons, Maryland’s fire marshal has explicitly banned sky lanterns, citing their ability to start fires.