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Waco Fire Department celebrates 150 years of service to the community
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - April 3 2023 marks the 150-year anniversary of the largest fire department in Central Texas. In March 1873 the town square in Waco saw a large fire break out. Then a month ...
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Waco Fire Department celebrates 150 years of peril and progress
he will join other former and current Waco firefighters and the public to celebrate 150 years of Waco Fire Department history, from horse-drawn to high-tech. The celebration runs from 6 p.m. to 8 ...
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The Waco Fire Is Still Burning
In 1985, 116 years after the angel ... a rageful Gulf War veteran, visited Waco for a couple of days during the siege and then, on the second anniversary of the fire, drove a Ryder truck filled ...
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A Fire Started in Waco. Thirty Years Later, It’s Still Burning.
Two years later, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, inspired by McVeigh, attacked their high school in Columbine, Colorado. They set April 19, 1999—the sixth anniversary of the Waco fire and the ...
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Analysis: How the Waco siege resonates 30 years later
Trump’s event will be held in Waco, amid the 30-year anniversary of the infamous ... the Oklahoma City Bombing on the second anniversary of the Waco fire and cited the siege as justification ...