Celebrations are underway in downtown Salem, which is home to large Halloween festivities with its “haunted happenings” festival that includes parades, street performers and vendors.

Salem is also known as the Witch City, as it’s connected to the trials in colonial Massachusetts in the 17th century when more than 200 people were accused of witchcraft, with 19 of them, mostly women, hanged.

Thousands of tourists visit the town during this period.

About two-thirds of U.S. adults will celebrate Halloween in some way this year, with parents of kids under 18 especially likely to have plans, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

About 3 in 10 U.S. adults say they’ll display Halloween decorations in their home or yard, and about one-quarter will carve a pumpkin.

AP video by Rodrique Ngowi