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October has arrived, and the latest issue of Kovels Antique Trader is getting into the spirit of the season with a little “Monster Mash.” From vintage Halloween decorations and classic movie monsters to Oktoberfest celebrations and the traditions of Día de los Muertos, this month’s stories explore the history behind some familiar autumn favorites.

Few properties can claim the intergenerational appeal and lasting pop cultural impact of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts. Debuting seventy-six years ago as a four-panel comic strip in just a handful of newspapers, the Peanutsgang have become a global sensation and multimedia juggernaut, with its characters — Snoopy especially — more omnipresent than ever through television, streaming…

In the quarter-century since September 11, 2001, the terrorist attacks that occurred on that day have become many things. A world-changing cataclysm. An excuse for illegal wars and horrific crimes. A political slogan. But in the moment that they happened, they were simply a national tragedy worse than what most Americans had experienced before.