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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum,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=34618\n\nFriendship Firehouse M
 useum will be open to the public 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturday\, December 5
 \, 2020. As city museums reopen\, they will initially operate at 25% capac
 ity. In order to reserve a space and maintain physical distancing\, purcha
 se your entry time in advance at a steep discount. Instead of paying per p
 erson for admission\, advanced tickets are only $2 for your entire group o
 f up to ten people. Purchase one $2 ticket for up to ten people in your pa
 rty. \n\nIn lieu of individual tickets\, select one entrance time for your
  group and present your emailed receipt. Alexandria residents visit for fr
 ee\, but please reserve a time. If you have already purchased a Key to the
  City ticket\, choose that option to reserve your entrance slot and presen
 t your Key to the City upon arrival. Tickets are available at The Alexandr
 ia Shop. Don't forget to visit the museum shop and pick up this year's His
 toric Alexandria ornament featuring Friendship Firehouse Museum's Prettyma
 n Hose Carriage! \n\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfr
 ed St.\nFees: $2\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Friendship Firehouse 
 Museum\, Museums\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http:
 //apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=34618\n\nWeb resources:
 \n\nThe Alexandria Shop\nhttps://alexandriava.gov/shop\n
DTEND:20201205T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20201201T142432Z
DTSTART:20201205T160000Z
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LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Special One-Day Opening of Friendship Firehouse 
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URL:https://alexandriava.gov/shop
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20201201T142432Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Family,Friendship Firehouse Museum,Museums
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=37564\n\nThe Friendship Firehou
 se Festival is back Saturday\, August 7 after last year's hiatus. Join us 
 on the 100 block of South Alfred Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and celebrat
 e Friendship's 247th year. Visit the historic Friendship Firehouse Museum\
 , learn about fire safety today - and yesterday\, and see City firefightin
 g equipment up close. There will be displays by community organizations\, 
 craft vendors\, and food and beverages available. Children receive free Fr
 iendship fire hats. For COVID safety\, entry will be staggered during the 
 Festival. \n\nFor more information see https://www.alexandriava.gov/Friend
 shipFirehouse and\nhttps://www.friendshipfireco.org/. The Friendship Fireh
 ouse Museum is owned and operated by the City of Alexandria and administer
 ed by the City's Office of Historic Alexandria. This family event is prese
 nted by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association.\n\n\n\nLocation: 
 See Details\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Family\, Friendship Fireho
 use Museum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.
 alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=37564\n\nWeb resources:\n\nFri
 endship Firehouse Museum\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/FriendshipFirehouse
 \n
DTEND:20210807T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20210709T160503Z
DTSTART:20210807T130000Z
LOCATION:See Details
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Festival
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/FriendshipFirehouse
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20210709T160503Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Family,Friendship Firehouse Museum,Museums
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=42068\n\nFriendship Firehouse M
 useum will be open to the public. Admission is $2 and is free for Alexandr
 ia residents. While supplies last\, younger visitors will receive a free f
 ire hat and a take-away bag of fun activities!\n\nLocation: Friendship Fir
 ehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nFees: $2\, Free for Alexandria resident
 s\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Family\, Friendship Firehouse Museum
 \, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandria
 va.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=42068
DTEND:20220416T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20220328T170838Z
DTSTART:20220416T150000Z
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LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Open
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X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220328T170838Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Fire Department,Friendship Firehouse Museum,Historic Preservatio
 n,Living History,Museums
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=42171\n\nCome to Friendship Fir
 ehouse Museum Saturday\, April 30\, at 1 p.m.\, and welcome back the histo
 ric hose carriage! The Friendship Fire Company's ornate hose-reel carriage
 \, purchased in 1858\, has been off-site for much-needed conservation trea
 tment. At the welcome-back event Conservator Josiah Wagener will discuss t
 he conservation treatment\, how he determined the historic appearance of t
 he apparatus\, and the techniques he used. Today's first responders and fi
 re apparatus will also be at the event. Come and compare equipment used in
  2022 with apparatus available in the 1850s. Movement teams of City offici
 als\, Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association Trustees and donors\, an
 d members of the Alexandria Fire Department will move the apparatus into t
 he firehouse.\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
 \nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Fire Department\, Friendship Firehous
 e Museum\, Historic Preservation\, Living History\, Museums\n\nImport this
  event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx
 ?id=1&si=42171
DTEND:20220430T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20220411T163105Z
DTSTART:20220430T170000Z
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LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Historic Hose Reel Return
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220411T163105Z
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CATEGORIES:Family,Friendship Firehouse Museum,Museums
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=42069\n\nFriendship Firehouse M
 useum will be open to the public. Admission is $2 and is free for Alexandr
 ia residents. While supplies last\, younger visitors will receive a free f
 ire hat and a take-away bag of fun activities!\n\nLocation: Friendship Fir
 ehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nFees: $2\, Free for Alexandria resident
 s\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Family\, Friendship Firehouse Museum
 \, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandria
 va.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=42069
DTEND:20220514T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20220328T170955Z
DTSTART:20220514T150000Z
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LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Open
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Family,Friendship Firehouse Museum,Museums
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=42070\n\nFriendship Firehouse M
 useum will be open to the public. Admission is $2 and is free for Alexandr
 ia residents. While supplies last\, younger visitors will receive a free f
 ire hat and a take-away bag of fun activities! Friendship Firehouse Museum
  is located at 107 South Alfred Street in Old Town\, Alexandria. The museu
 m is owned and operated by the City of Alexandria and administered by the 
 City's Office of Historic Alexandria.\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse Mu
 seum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nFees: $2\, Free for Alexandria residents\nAudien
 ce: Anyone may attend\nTags: Family\, Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museum
 s\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Ca
 lendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=42070
DTEND:20220611T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20220328T171125Z
DTSTART:20220611T150000Z
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LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Open
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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
DTEND:20220806T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20220802T204506Z
DTSTART:20220806T130000Z
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LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Festival
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/FriendshipFirehouse
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CATEGORIES:Family,Friendship Firehouse Museum,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=50620\n\nYounger visitors will 
 receive a free fire hat and a take-away bag of fun activities! \n\nLocatio
 n: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nFees: Admission is $2 
 per person and free to Alexandria residents. \nAudience: Anyone may attend
 \nTags: Family\, Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old Town\n\nImpor
 t this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCa
 l.aspx?id=1&si=50620
DTEND:20230218T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20230127T194531Z
DTSTART:20230218T160000Z
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LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Museum Open
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Family,Friendship Firehouse Museum,Museums
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=52246\n\nJoin us on the 100 blo
 ck of South Alfred Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and celebrate Friendship's
  249th year. Learn about fire safety today\, and yesterday\, and see Alexa
 ndria Fire Department equipment up close. There will be booths by the Alex
 andria Police Department and Sheriff's Office\, music performances\, displ
 ays by community organizations\, vendor booths\, and food and beverage sal
 es. Join in water play and please-touch artifact activities. Children will
  receive free toy Friendship firefighting helmets. This family event is pr
 esented by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association and the Office 
 of Historic Alexandria.\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. 
 Alfred St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Family\, Friendship Firehou
 se Museum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.a
 lexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=52246
DTEND:20230805T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20230706T172811Z
DTSTART:20230805T130000Z
GEO:38.804940;-77.049408
LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Festival
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X-COA-DTSTAMP:20230706T172811Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Apothecary Museum,Archaeology Museum,Black History Museum,Fort W
 ard Museum,Friendship Firehouse Museum,Gadsby's Tavern,Lyceum,Museums
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=53446\n\nAll Historic Alexandri
 a Museums are closed Sept. 21 and 22 for employee training.\n\nLocation: S
 ee Details\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Apothecary Museum\, Archaeo
 logy Museum\, Black History Museum\, Fort Ward Museum\, Friendship Firehou
 se Museum\, Gadsby's Tavern\, Lyceum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into y
 our calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=5344
 6
DTEND:20230922T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20230825T133001Z
DTSTART:20230921T130000Z
LOCATION:See Details
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Historic Alexandria Museums Closed
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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X-COA-DTSTAMP:20230825T133001Z
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CATEGORIES:Apothecary Museum,Archaeology Museum,Black History Museum,Fort W
 ard Museum,Friendship Firehouse Museum,Gadsby's Tavern,Lyceum,Museums
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=53447\n\nAll Historic Alexandri
 a Museums are closed Sept. 21 and 22 for employee training.\n\nLocation: S
 ee Details\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Apothecary Museum\, Archaeo
 logy Museum\, Black History Museum\, Fort Ward Museum\, Friendship Firehou
 se Museum\, Gadsby's Tavern\, Lyceum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into y
 our calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=5344
 7
DTEND:20230922T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20230825T133046Z
DTSTART:20230922T130000Z
LOCATION:See Details
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Historic Alexandria Museums Closed
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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