[quote name='Richard_L_Dean_07405' date='24 April 2010 - 08:13 PM' timestamp='1272156798' post='377904']
It's not every fire company that can boast once having a current POTUS attend one of their parades, but the members of Dover can! POTUS stands for President of the United States. When Harry S Truman was President he was invited and came. My source for that is a hardcover history of Robbins Hose Company that I got at the Allentown fire flea market, I think back in the 80's when it was still called Spring Thaw and not Spring Melt. Yes, there is a picture showing HST being present.
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I remember President Truman. Never knew he went to Dover.
It's not every fire company that can boast once having a current POTUS attend one of their parades, but the members of Dover can! POTUS stands for President of the United States. When Harry S Truman was President he was invited and came. My source for that is a hardcover history of Robbins Hose Company that I got at the Allentown fire flea market, I think back in the 80's when it was still called Spring Thaw and not Spring Melt. Yes, there is a picture showing HST being present.
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I remember President Truman. Never knew he went to Dover.
John Hinant
Retired Member of Richmond VA Fire Bureau
October 25, 1858 - October 25, 2020 = 162 years old
The sixth oldest paid, documented, Fire Department in the United States
First established in 1782
"In God We Trust - All Others We Take For Granted"
Retired Member of Richmond VA Fire Bureau
October 25, 1858 - October 25, 2020 = 162 years old
The sixth oldest paid, documented, Fire Department in the United States
First established in 1782
"In God We Trust - All Others We Take For Granted"
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