Let Them Eat Cake
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Let Them Eat Cake

Friendship Firehouse Festival celebrates 243rd birthday.

Councilwoman Del Pepper, Mayor Allison Silberberg and Alexandria Fire Chief Robert C. Dubé are ready to cut the first piece of cake at the 243rd birthday party of the Friendship Firehouse Festival. This is sponsored by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association. Pepper said, “This is sure a large knife.”

Councilwoman Del Pepper, Mayor Allison Silberberg and Alexandria Fire Chief Robert C. Dubé are ready to cut the first piece of cake at the 243rd birthday party of the Friendship Firehouse Festival. This is sponsored by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association. Pepper said, “This is sure a large knife.” Photo by Shirley Ruhe.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Cake lines the curb as well wishers sit to enjoy a piece in celebration of the annual Friendship Firehouse Festival on Saturday, Aug. 5.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Assisted by her father and an Alexandria firefighter, 18-month-old Amelia Newman holds tight to her firehose aimed at the burning house located at the end of the alley.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Caylee Conley, 3-1/2 years old, concentrates on the spray coming out of her hose as she aims at a window on the simulated burning house. She has come from Woodbridge to attend the annual festival.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Two-year-old twins Sam and Nico Manchester pause with their father after climbing on the firetruck at the Firehouse Festival on the 100 block of S. Alfred Street.