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The Bedford flag on display at the Bedford Free Public Library is the oldest known surviving intact battle flag in the United States. It is celebrated for having been the first U.S. flag flown during the American Revolutionary War, as it is believed to have been carried by Nathaniel Page's outfit of Minutemen to the Old North Bridge in Concord for the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775.
A board game set in the town called New Bedford was published in 2016. It focuses on building the town and the whaling industry. [133] In 2023, the movie Finestkind took place in New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The film was written and directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Jenna Ortega and Tommy Lee Jones ...
In 1902, this New Bedford fire chief invented an aerial ladder hoist that would revolutionize the way ladders were raised on fire trucks Curious SouthCoast: New Bedford fire chief's invention ...
A fire that broke out at the Harborview Towers West apartment complex in New Bedford on Oct. 31, 2024, left four adults and one child displaced, according to New Bedford Fire Department.
On February 26, 1990 a group of 40 Call/Volunteer Firefighters representing 14 Southeastern Massachusetts fire departments met in Carver to discuss the concept of starting a Statewide Call/Volunteer Firefighters' Association. This meeting was organized by the Carver Firefighters Association and Carver Fire Chief, Dana E. Harriman. [2]
Sep. 19—A fire destroyed a detached garage in Bedford on Wednesday evening, destroying a tractor inside and a damaging a truck parked nearby. "The home was saved," Bedford Fire Capt. Tim Lavoie ...
The New Bedford Fire Museum is a local history museum at 51 Bedford Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the 1867 Fire Station No. 4, the city's oldest surviving fire station. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
In 1996, with the creation of the newly amalgamated Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), the Fire Service was consolidated through a merger of the fire departments of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and the many volunteer departments located throughout Halifax County. At that time, there were 515 career fire fighters ...