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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
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57762\n\nTo commemorate the 250th anniversary of or
 ganized firefighting in the City of Alexandria and the surrounding region
 \, the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association is hosting a one-day s
 ymposium on the 15th of September\, 2024. The symposium will be held at t
 he George Washington Masonic Memorial on Shooter's Hill at the top of Kin
 g Street. \n\nThe symposium will consist of three panels\, each of which 
 will have two or more presenters offering presentations of no more than t
 wenty minutes each on topics related to the history of firefighting in Al
 exandria and environs\, historical or notable emergencies to which first 
 responders were called to action\, and the evolution of best firefighting
  practices over the past 250 years. Each panel will conclude with questio
 ns and comments from the audience. \n\nThe event is open to the public wi
 thout charge. Prior registration is requested. To register\, contact Jim 
 McClellan at jimmiemcclellan@gmail.com. \n\n10:15 am first panel: "The Gr
 eat Fire of 1827" (Dr. Jim McClellan) and "The Fire of 1855 and the Memor
 ial at Ivy Hill" (Catherine Weinraub). 11:30 am second panel: "Elsworth's
  Zouaves 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 
 third panel: "Life and Times of Alexandria Fire Chief George Petty" (Chie
 f Robert Dube)\, "It is But Yesterday - Preserving Alexandria's Fire Hist
 ory in the National Museum" (Tim Winkle)\, and "AFD and the Pentagon on 9
 /11" (Chief James Swartz).\n\nLocation: George Washington Masonic Memoria
 l\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museu
 ms\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
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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/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57762">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57762</a><br />\n<br />To commemo
 rate the 250th anniversary of organized firefighting in the City of Alexa
 ndria and the surrounding region\, the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine As
 sociation is hosting a one-day symposium on the 15th of September\, 2024.
  The symposium 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 sympos
 ium will consist of three panels\, each of which will have two or more pr
 esenters offering presentations of no more than twenty minutes each on to
 pics related to the history of firefighting in Alexandria and environs\, 
 historical or notable emergencies to which first responders were called t
 o action\, and the evolution of best firefighting practices over the past
  250 years. Each panel will conclude with questions and comments from the
  audience. \n<br />\n<br />The event is open to the public without charge
 . Prior registration is requested. To register\, contact Jim McClellan at
  jimmiemcclellan@gmail.com. \n<br />\n<br />10:15 am first panel: &quot\;
 The Great 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 s
 econd panel: &quot\;Elsworth&#39\;s Zouaves and Unit&#39\;s Activities in
  and Around Alexandria During the Civil War&quot\; (Clarence Jewell III) 
 and &quot\;The Market Hall Fire of 1871: It&#39\;s Impact on National Fre
 emasonry 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 Alexandri
 a&#39\;s Fire History in the National Museum&quot\; (Tim Winkle)\, and &q
 uot\;AFD and the Pentagon on 9/11&quot\; (Chief James Swartz).\n<br />\n<
 br />Location: George Washington Masonic Memorial\n<br />Audience: Anyone
  may attend\n<br />Tags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp
 \; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
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