![]() To lift your spirits we hope you and yur families join us as spectators and/or participants in celebrating a much needed CELEBRATIONS OF THE HOLIDAYS. To all our communities, especially Wallington residents, we, the Wallington Fire Department is well aware of our recent floods due to Hurricane Ida, and we wish you a quick a full recovery. We want to bring the spirit of the holidays back for everyone and most importantly the children of our community that have become accustomed to this tradition for many years.” Richard Pelcher, the parade’s Co-Chairman states, “The original idea was to lift the spirits of everyone post-9/11 and it echo’s similar sentiments today post-pandemic. Marking these solemn milestones of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the Wallington Fire Department’s first major event since the beginning of the pandemic, we hope all can reflect on how our society has changed and remember all of the loved ones lost. ![]() ![]() It has been two decades and right after 9/11 since the concept of ushering the holiday season was conceived. The pandemic has affected everyone in one way or another and we hope the return of the Holiday Parade will continue to pave the road back to normalcy. This 2-mile parade is America’s oldest nighttime firefighter’s holiday parade of lighted and decorated fire trucks and floats, featuring 2,500 participants and over 250 fire trucks from the Tri-State area, which weaves through the streets of Wallington where many residents kickoff the Holiday Season with front yard tailgate parties with family and friends. The Wallington Fire Department is announcing the return of its Holiday Parade on Saturday, Nov. 9.THE RETURN OF THE WALLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HOLIDAY PARADE USHERS IN THE SEASON WITH AMERICA’S LARGEST DISPLAY OF LIGHTED AND DECORATED FIRE TRUCKS AND FLOATS A fire truck from Portage Lake rolls across the State Street bridge in Presque Isle during the parade of the 59th annual Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention on Sept. ![]() Another event featured a ball suspended 18 feet in the air on a cable with two opposing teams spraying it with a hose to push it across a line like a tug-of-war. One competition included spraying water to hit a target. Joseph Guyotte, retired fire chief of Dover-Foxcroft, brought antique versions of trucks, such as an 1850 Hunneman Handtub fire apparatus and a 1955 American LaFrance that were featured in the parade.Ī memorial service in front of The Forum was held for 45 retired and active firefighters who died this year in Maine.Īfter the parade and the memorial service, fire departments from Mars Hill, Van Buren, Caribou, and Easton competed to put on their gear and assemble three joints of a fire hose to a fire hydrant for the fastest time. Fire departments from Van Buren to York all traveled to Aroostook County to attend the convention. Credit: Paul Bagnall / The Star-HeraldĪntique firefighting vehicles came in from towns such as Washburn, York, Dover-Foxcroft and Bridgewater. A 1922 LaFrance fire truck rolls across the State Street bridge as a light rain pours down in Presque Isle during the parade of the 59th annual Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention on Sept. “We started in 1949 after the devastating wildland fires of ‘47 and that’s how we got going,” said Ken Desmond, president of the organization.
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