NOW until 8-13 SPECIAL EXHIBITION: Colonial Firefighting & The American Revolution at the NEW YORK CITY FIRE MUSEUM. Opening Press--News 12, GothamToGo, FireRescue1
S PECIAL EXHIBITION Colonial Firefighting & The American Revolution Closes 8/13 at New York City Fire Museum, 278 Spring Street, New York. www.nycfiremuseum.org and www.savingnewyork.com. News 12 interview with Exhibition originator; Bruce Twickler, GothamToGo and FireRescue1 . C elebration of fire fighting! The untold story of a group of volunteers, the colonial FDNY, that stood between New York and disaster during years of rampant arson, wars for North America, and the American Revolution. 1000 copies of The Art of Saving New York gifted to the first viewers of this Special Exhibition. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAVING THE EXCHANGE The FDNY at the Exchange The FDNY rallied at the inception of the fire to save the Exchange, a large covered market with a second story meeting hall, located in the middle of lower Broad Street. They stopped the initial blaze from destroying the building even t...