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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
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LOCATION:George Washington Masonic Memorial
SEQUENCE:6
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Friendship Firehouse Symposium
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57762">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57762</a><br />\n<br />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<br />\n<br />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<br />\n<br />The event is open to the public without charge. Prior 
 registration is requested. To register\, contact Jim McClellan at jimmiem
 cclellan@gmail.com. \n<br />\n<br />10:15 am first panel: &quot\;The Grea
 t Fire of 1827&quot\; (Dr. Jim McClellan) and &quot\;The Fire of 1855 and
  the Memorial at Ivy Hill&quot\; (Catherine Weinraub). 11:30 am second pa
 nel: &quot\;Elsworth&#39\;s Zouaves and Unit&#39\;s Activities in and Aro
 und Alexandria During the Civil War&quot\; (Clarence Jewell III) and &quo
 t\;The Market Hall Fire of 1871: It&#39\;s Impact on National Freemasonry
  and Alexandria&#39\;s Skyline&quot\; (Chris Ruli). 1:30 pm third panel: 
 &quot\;Life and Times of Alexandria Fire Chief George Petty&quot\; (Chief
  Robert Dube)\, &quot\;It is But Yesterday - Preserving Alexandria&#39\;s
  Fire History in the National Museum&quot\; (Tim Winkle)\, and &quot\;AFD
  and the Pentagon on 9/11&quot\; (Chief James Swartz).\n<br />\n<br />Loc
 ation: George Washington Masonic Memorial\n<br />Audience: Anyone may att
 end\n<br />Tags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Histo
 ric Alexandria\, Old Town
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