INDEPENDENCE DAY 2008

Ah, the 4th of July.  That means speeches, picnics, parades and fireworks.  It’s a shame that our Founding Fathers couldn’t get the Declaration of Independence wrapped up in May when the weather is so much nicer.  But July was a lot tougher on them than it is on us.  Not only was there no air conditioning (or even electric fans), but social convention required them to be a lot more heavily clothed than today’s custom allows.

It will be “holiday routine” today, so we’ll just take care of the basics and hope that the citizens behave themselves.  If any of you are taking the pumper or ambulance to the parade today, send us some pics when you get back, will you?  And have a wonderful 4th.

Schuylerville, NY, photo by Mikecny

Now lets get the equipment checked out.  I’ll start the coffee and see what’s going on around the fire/rescue world.

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