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CATEGORIES:City Council,Friendship Firehouse Museum,King Street,Museums,Old
  Town
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c
 hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=46724\n\nThe Friendship Firehou
 se Festival is Saturday\, August 6. Join us on the 100 block of South Alfr
 ed Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and celebrate Friendship's 248th year. Com
 e see the Friendship Fire Company's 1851 hand-operated fire engine before 
 it goes out for conservation treatment. Learn about fire safety today and 
 yesterday and see City firefighting equipment up close. There will be musi
 c\, displays by community organizations\, craft vendors\, and food and bev
 erages available. Children will receive free toy Friendship firefighting h
 elmets. This family event is presented by the Friendship Veterans Fire Eng
 ine Association and Historic Alexandria.\nThe Friendship Fire Company\, es
 tablished in 1774\, was the first fire company in Alexandria. Today the Fr
 iendship Firehouse\, built in 1855\, is a museum open to the public. The F
 estival will be the last opportunity to see Friendship's 1851 hand-operate
 d suction engine - elaborately decorated with the company's clasped-hands 
 insignia - before it is sent for conservation treatment. The restoration i
 s possible thanks to the generous support of the Friendship Veterans Fire 
 Engine Association\, Alexandria Association\, Historic Alexandria Foundati
 on\, and many individual donors.  \nFriendship's newly restored 1858 hose-
 reel carriage will also be on exhibit. This ornate apparatus was made by l
 ocal craftsman Robert F. Prettyman. It is painted midnight blue with white
  decorative piping\, has gilded decorative shields flanking each side of t
 he reel\, red wheels decorated with blue and gold striping\, and a brass l
 antern and bells.\n\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfr
 ed St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: City Council\, Friendship Fireh
 ouse Museum\, King Street\, Museums\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into y
 our calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=4672
 4\n\nWeb resources:\n\nFriendship Firehouse webpage\nhttps://www.alexandri
 ava.gov/FriendshipFirehouse\n\n Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Associatio
 n webpage\nhttps://www.friendshipfireco.org/\n
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LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
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SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Festival
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