Come along as we tour 250 years of firefighting history at the Reading Area Fire Museum. The tour was one of the most educational tours we have been on yet. The museum can be found in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The original firehouse was founded in 1771 as a working firehouse. One of the most impressive facts as they had nearly 10,000 members, making it a central gathering place for social events for the entire city of Reading. The architecture is astonishing. Much of the wooden furniture was handcrafted by John Wanamaker himself. You can see the different tools used over the years, the progression in apparatus designs, and pictures of the REAL people who were pivotal in paving the way for modern firefighting. Once you step into their recent renovations, you are immediately transported back in time. You can't help but feel that you are standing in places where greatness was established.

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Verse of the day: Ephesians 1: 11
In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

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