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Annual Guardian Hose Company Carnival & Parade

The annual Guardian Hose Company Carnival was held the week of July 10-15, 2017, with the community-favorite Fireman’s Parade on
Thursday, July 13.

(below) Randy and Richard Cool enjoy the
festivities (mostly the candy) during the
parade.

Graceham Vol. Fire Co. volunteers and Frederick County Fire and Rescue Charity Wivell, with Guardian Hose Company, cruises down East Main Street
Association’s “Little Miss Fire Prevention” Elizabeth Schuebel greets parade in Rescue Squad 10.
enthusiasts lined up and down the sidewalks.

(left) Donna
Voellinger and
folks from
the Thurmont
Historical
Society donned
duds from the
1920s for the
parade.

Catoctin Church of Christ wows the crowd with their enormous
bubble display as they enter the town square.

(above) Vance Click and other
volunteers with Vigilant Hose
Company’s massive ladder truck make
their way down the busy Thurmont
street.

While waiting to get in front of the judges, Emmitsburg Ambulance
Formerly Rocky Ridge Vol. Fire Company’s Engine 133, the Mathias
Family enjoys a trip down memory lane in the retired apparatus. Volunteers look over in time for a photo op!
Submitted by Heather Heier

(above) As Crumbland Farms,
“Screamland” float travels up the street,
they spend time “clowning” around with
the crowd.
(left) Seniors from Catoctin High School’s
2018 Safe and Sane patiently wait for Lewistown Volunteer Fire Company shows their oldest running apparatus.
the parade to begin.