Photos: Sitka celebrates Alaska Day in style

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Mary Todd Anderson walks alone in the Alaska Day parade dressed in a period ball gown and walking her two Scottish terriers in Sitka on October 18, 2017. (Berett Wilber photo)

Photographer Berett Wilber captured the scene as Alaskans gathered to celebrate Alaska Day in Sitka on October 18, 2017, marking the 150th anniversary of the day Alaska was transferred from Russia to the United States.