BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Events & Public Meetings METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:Events & Public Meetings VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-CALNAME:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=57455\n\nJoin us Saturday\, May 18 in front of Friendsh ip Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred Street for a muster of antique\, hand-drawn firefighting apparatus. Participating vehicles will include 19 th-century suction fire engines and hose reel carriages. Suction engines\ , invented in the early 19th century\, drew water from wells\, hydrants\, and other sources through a hose\, and provided a powerful and constant stream of water. The first hoses were typically made in 50-foot lengths\, and only a few pieces could be carried on the fire engine itself\, so ad ditional vehicles were created specifically to carry extra lengths of hos e. \n\nFire was a constant danger in a town of mostly wooden buildings \, where open flames provided heat\, light\, and cooking. The Friendship \, Sun\, Relief\, Hydraulion\, and Star volunteer fire companies served t he community faithfully\, particularly during enormous blazes in 1827\, 1 855\, and 1871. \n\nFriendship Firehouse Museum's historic firefighting v ehicles includes the Prettyman Hose Reel Carriage\, built in Alexandria i n 1858 by coachmaker\, and Friendship Fire Company member\, Robert Pretty man. It was ornately decorated and fitted with two large bells to sound t he alarm as the vehicle bounced through Alexandria's streets. Thanks to f undraising efforts led by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association \, the Prettyman hose carriage recently underwent much needed conservatio n\, returning to Friendship Firehouse in 2022. \n\nOver 15 additional ho se reel carriages and suction engines from throughout the region will be on display outside of the Friendship Firehouse Museum on the 100 block of South Alfred Street. Friendship & Firefighting in Alexandria is sponsore d by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association and the Office of Hi storic Alexandria. Admission is free.\n\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Friendshi p Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nIm port this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar /iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57455 DTEND:20240518T180000Z DTSTAMP:20240516T205836Z DTSTART:20240518T130000Z GEO:38.804940;-77.049408 LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St. SEQUENCE:7 STATUS:CANCELLED SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Antique Fire Apparatus Muster TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:31390d57-6f87-470c-9f9c-ef8d763311a0 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57455
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Join us Saturday\, May 18 in front of Friendship Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred Stree t for a muster of antique\, hand-drawn firefighting apparatus. Participat ing vehicles will include 19th-century suction fire engines and hose reel carriages. Suction engines\, invented in the early 19th century\, drew w ater from wells\, hydrants\, and other sources through a hose\, and provi ded a powerful and constant stream of water. The first hoses were typical ly made in 50-foot lengths\, and only a few pieces could be carried on th e fire engine itself\, so additional vehicles were created specifically t o carry extra lengths of hose. \n
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Fire was a constant dan ger in a town of mostly wooden buildings\, where open flames provided hea t\, light\, and cooking. The Friendship\, Sun\, Relief\, Hydraulion\, an d Star volunteer fire companies served the community faithfully\, particu larly during enormous blazes in 1827\, 1855\, and 1871. \n
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F riendship Firehouse Museum?s historic firefighting vehicles includes the Prettyman Hose Reel Carriage\, built in Alexandria in 1858 by coachmaker\ , and Friendship Fire Company member\, Robert Prettyman. It was ornately decorated and fitted with two large bells to sound the alarm as the vehic le bounced through Alexandria?s streets. Thanks to fundraising efforts le d by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association\, the Prettyman hose carriage recently underwent much needed conservation\, returning to Frie ndship Firehouse in 2022. \n
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Over 15 additional hose reel c arriages and suction engines from throughout the region will be on displa y outside of the Friendship Firehouse Museum on the 100 block of South Al fred Street. Friendship &\; Firefighting in Alexandria is sponsored by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association and the Office of Histor ic Alexandria. Admission is free.\n
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Location: Friend ship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\n
Audience: Anyone may att end\n
Tags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old &\; Histo ric Alexandria\, Old Town\n
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Import this event into your cale ndar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&\;si=57455 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240516T205836Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=57654\n\nThe Alexandria Historical Society presents Fro m Buckets to Motors: The History of the Alexandria Fire Department\, A Le cture by Catherine Weinraub\, Friendship Firehouse Historian.\n\n7 p.m. ( Doors open at 6:30)\nMemberships can be purchased or renewed at the event . \n\nCelebrate the 250th anniversary of Alexandria's Friendship Fire Com pany as historian Catherine Weinraub takes us back through the centuries to reveal the history of fire-fighting in our city. The Friendship Fire C ompany\, established in 1774\, was the first fire company in Alexandria. Friendship members were volunteers concerned for the well-being of the co mmunity. By the mid-19th century\, there were five Alexandria volunteer f ire companies: Friendship\, Sun\, Relief\, Star and Hydraulion. They foug ht fires large and small\, including three major fires in 1827\, 1855 and 1871. Today the historic Friendship Firehouse on South Alfred Street in Old Town is a City of Alexandria museum.\n\nLight refreshments will be se rved. \n\n\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $5 for non-members and free to m embers of the Alexandria Historical Society. \nAudience: Anyone may atten d\nTags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://ap ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57654\n\nWeb resources:\n\ nFor additional information\, visit the AHS website.\nhttps://sites.googl e.com/view/alexandria-historical-society/home\n DTEND:20240627T010000Z DTSTAMP:20240622T021801Z DTSTART:20240626T230000Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture: History of the Alexandria Fire Department TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:37b7689a-f96e-4bcd-91a8-9471e14c1b7f URL:https://sites.google.com/view/alexandria-historical-society/home X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57654
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The Alexandria His torical Society presents From Buckets to Motors: The History of the Alexa ndria Fire Department\, A Lecture by Catherine Weinraub\, Friendship Fire house Historian.\n
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7 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30)\n
Member ships can be purchased or renewed at the event. \n
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Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Alexandria?s Friendship Fire Company as histori an Catherine Weinraub takes us back through the centuries to reveal the h istory of fire-fighting in our city. The Friendship Fire Company\, establ ished in 1774\, was the first fire company in Alexandria. Friendship memb ers were volunteers concerned for the well-being of the community. By the mid-19th century\, there were five Alexandria volunteer fire companies: Friendship\, Sun\, Relief\, Star and Hydraulion. They fought fires large and small\, including three major fires in 1827\, 1855 and 1871. Today th e historic Friendship Firehouse on South Alfred Street in Old Town is a C ity of Alexandria museum.\n
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Light refreshments will be serve d. \n
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Location: Lyceum\n
Fees: $5 fo r non-members and free to members of the Alexandria Historical Society. \ n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Friendship Firehouse Muse um\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old &\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n
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Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.g ov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&\;si=57654
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\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240622T021801Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:ALX275 CATEGORIES:City Council CATEGORIES:Family CATEGORIES:Fire Department CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Police Department DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=57732\n\nJoin us on the 100 block of South Alfred Stree t from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and celebrate Friendship Fire Company's 250th yea r! Learn about fire safety today\, and yesterday\, and see Alexandria Fir e Department equipment up close. There will be booths by the Alexandria P olice Department and Sheriff's Office\, music performances\, face paintin g\, displays by community organizations\, local vendors\, and food and be verage sales. Join in water play and please-touch artifact activities. Ch ildren will receive free toy Friendship firefighting helmets. This family event is presented by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association an d the Office of Historic Alexandria.\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse Mu seum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: ALX275\, Cit y Council\, Family\, Fire Department\, Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Muse ums\, Police Department\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://a pps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57732 DTEND:20240803T180000Z DTSTAMP:20240729T165333Z DTSTART:20240803T130000Z GEO:38.804940;-77.049408 LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St. SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Festival TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:873ce6fe-4271-4574-ad5b-7d6d768fcbf4 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57732
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Join us on the 100 block of South Alfred Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and celebrate Friends hip Fire Company?s 250th year! Learn about fire safety today\, and yester day\, and see Alexandria Fire Department equipment up close. There will b e booths by the Alexandria Police Department and Sheriff?s Office\, music performances\, face painting\, displays by community organizations\, loc al vendors\, and food and beverage sales. Join in water play and please-t ouch artifact activities. Children will receive free toy Friendship firef ighting helmets. This family event is presented by the Friendship Veteran s Fire Engine Association and the Office of Historic Alexandria.\n
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Location: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\n
A udience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: ALX275\, City Council\, Family\, Fire Department\, Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Police Departme nt\n
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Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexa ndriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&\;si=57732 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240729T165333Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Family CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum CATEGORIES:Museums DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=57758\n\nJoin us Saturday\, September 14 in front of Fr iendship Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred Street for a muster of over 15 antique\, hand-drawn firefighting apparatus. Participating vehicles w ill include 19th-century suction fire engines and hose reel carriages. \n \nSuction engines\, invented in the early 19th century\, drew water from wells\, hydrants\, and other sources through a hose\, and provided a powe rful and constant stream of water. The first hoses were typically made in 50-foot lengths\, and only a few pieces could be carried on the fire eng ine itself\, so additional vehicles were created specifically to carry ex tra lengths of hose. \n\nFire was a constant danger in a town of mos tly wooden buildings\, where open flames provided heat\, light\, and cook ing. The Friendship\, Sun\, Relief\, Hydraulion\, and Star volunteer fir e companies served the community faithfully\, particularly during enormou s blazes in 1827\, 1855\, and 1871. \n\nFriendship Firehouse Museum's h istoric firefighting vehicles includes the Prettyman Hose Reel Carriage\, built in Alexandria in 1858 by coachmaker\, and Friendship Fire Company member\, Robert Prettyman. It was ornately decorated and fitted with two large bells to sound the alarm as the vehicle bounced through Alexandria' s streets. \n\nThanks to fundraising efforts led by the Friendship Vetera ns Fire Engine Association\, the Prettyman hose carriage recently underwe nt much needed conservation\, returning to Friendship Firehouse in 2022. Additional hose reel carriages and suction engines from throughout the re gion will be on display outside of the Friendship Firehouse Museum on the 100 block of South Alfred Street. \n\nFriendship & Firefighting in Alexa ndria is sponsored by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association and the Office of Historic Alexandria. \n\nAdmission is free.\n\nLocation: F riendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nAudience: Anyone may atte nd\nTags: Family\, Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\n\nImport this e vent into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx? id=1&si=57758 DTEND:20240914T180000Z DTSTAMP:20240802T213204Z DTSTART:20240914T130000Z GEO:38.804940;-77.049408 LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St. SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Muster Friendship and Firefighting in Alexandria TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:4d7b0b48-7373-44ff-82bc-fd997367dddf X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57758
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Join us Saturday\, September 14 in front of Friendship Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred Street for a muster of over 15 antique\, hand-drawn firefighting apparat us. Participating vehicles will include 19th-century suction fire engines and hose reel carriages. \n
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Suction engines\, invented in t he early 19th century\, drew water from wells\, hydrants\, and other sour ces through a hose\, and provided a powerful and constant stream of water . The first hoses were typically made in 50-foot lengths\, and only a few pieces could be carried on the fire engine itself\, so additional vehicl es were created specifically to carry extra lengths of hose. \n
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Fire was a constant danger in a town of mostly wooden buildings\ , where open flames provided heat\, light\, and cooking. The Friendship\ , Sun\, Relief\, Hydraulion\, and Star volunteer fire companies served th e community faithfully\, particularly during enormous blazes in 1827\, 18 55\, and 1871. \n
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Friendship Firehouse Museum?s historic f irefighting vehicles includes the Prettyman Hose Reel Carriage\, built in Alexandria in 1858 by coachmaker\, and Friendship Fire Company member\, Robert Prettyman. It was ornately decorated and fitted with two large bel ls to sound the alarm as the vehicle bounced through Alexandria?s streets . \n
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Thanks to fundraising efforts led by the Friendship Vet erans Fire Engine Association\, the Prettyman hose carriage recently unde rwent much needed conservation\, returning to Friendship Firehouse in 202 2. Additional hose reel carriages and suction engines from throughout the region will be on display outside of the Friendship Firehouse Museum on the 100 block of South Alfred Street. \n
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Friendship &\; F irefighting in Alexandria is sponsored by the Friendship Veterans Fire En gine Association and the Office of Historic Alexandria. \n
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A dmission is free.\n
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Location: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Family\ , Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\n
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Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1& amp\;si=57758 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240802T213204Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=57762\n\nTo commemorate the 250th anniversary of organi zed firefighting in the City of Alexandria and the surrounding region\, t he Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association is hosting a one-day sympo sium on the 15th of September\, 2024. The symposium will be held at the G eorge Washington Masonic Memorial on Shooter's Hill at the top of King St reet. \n\nThe symposium will consist of three panels\, each of which will have two or more presenters offering presentations of no more than twent y minutes each on topics related to the history of firefighting in Alexan dria and environs\, historical or notable emergencies to which first resp onders were called to action\, and the evolution of best firefighting pra ctices over the past 250 years. Each panel will conclude with questions a nd comments from the audience. \n\nThe event is open to the public withou t charge. Prior registration is requested. To register\, contact Jim McCl ellan at jimmiemcclellan@gmail.com. \n\n10:15 am first panel: "The Great Fire of 1827" (Dr. Jim McClellan) and "The Fire of 1855 and the Memorial at Ivy Hill" (Catherine Weinraub). 11:30 am second panel: "Elsworth's Zou aves and Unit's Activities in and Around Alexandria During the Civil War" (Clarence Jewell III) and "The Market Hall Fire of 1871: It's Impact on National Freemasonry and Alexandria's Skyline" (Chris Ruli). 1:30 pm thir d panel: "Life and Times of Alexandria Fire Chief George Petty" (Chief Ro bert Dube)\, "It is But Yesterday - Preserving Alexandria's Fire History in the National Museum" (Tim Winkle)\, and "AFD and the Pentagon on 9/11" (Chief James Swartz).\n\nLocation: George Washington Masonic Memorial\nA udience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your cale ndar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57762 DTEND:20240915T190000Z DTSTAMP:20240808T142901Z DTSTART:20240915T140000Z GEO:38.807611;-77.065508 LOCATION:George Washington Masonic Memorial SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Symposium TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:53d0b20f-d607-4fa8-9a84-29e99df7a22a X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57762
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To commemorate the 250th anniversary of organized firefighting in the City of Alexandria an d the surrounding region\, the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Associatio n is hosting a one-day symposium on the 15th of September\, 2024. The sym posium will be held at the George Washington Masonic Memorial on Shooter& #39\;s Hill at the top of King Street. \n
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The symposium will consist of three panels\, each of which will have two or more presenters offering presentations of no more than twenty minutes each on topics rel ated to the history of firefighting in Alexandria and environs\, historic al or notable emergencies to which first responders were called to action \, and the evolution of best firefighting practices over the past 250 yea rs. Each panel will conclude with questions and comments from the audienc e. \n
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The event is open to the public without charge. Prior registration is requested. To register\, contact Jim McClellan at jimmiem cclellan@gmail.com. \n
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10:15 am first panel: "\;The Grea t Fire of 1827"\; (Dr. Jim McClellan) and "\;The Fire of 1855 and the Memorial at Ivy Hill"\; (Catherine Weinraub). 11:30 am second pa nel: "\;Elsworth'\;s Zouaves and Unit'\;s Activities in and Aro und Alexandria During the Civil War"\; (Clarence Jewell III) and &quo t\;The Market Hall Fire of 1871: It'\;s Impact on National Freemasonry and Alexandria'\;s Skyline"\; (Chris Ruli). 1:30 pm third panel: "\;Life and Times of Alexandria Fire Chief George Petty"\; (Chief Robert Dube)\, "\;It is But Yesterday - Preserving Alexandria'\;s Fire History in the National Museum"\; (Tim Winkle)\, and "\;AFD and the Pentagon on 9/11"\; (Chief James Swartz).\n
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Loc ation: George Washington Masonic Memorial\n
Audience: Anyone may att end\n
Tags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old &\; Histo ric Alexandria\, Old Town\n
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