Check out Montgomery History‘s upcoming webinar – George W. Meads: “Rockville’s One-Man Fire Department.”
From 1895 through 1920, Prior to the founding of the RVFD, the volunteer fire department in Rockville consisted of a dedicated group of civic-minded Black men led by the first Fire Chief in the town’s history: George Meads. Archivist Sarah Hedlund relates the story of Meads’s extraordinary life as a fireman, deputy sheriff, school trustee, entrepreneur, and family man, intertwined with the early history of firefighting and other aspects of segregated community life in turn-of-the-century Rockville.
The Webinar is scheduled for Jan 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM
To register for the webinar visit the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_JjL7IXldSGmQB6ib1Ny0eg
To learn more about RVFD history visit:
https://rvfd.org/about-rvfd/history/
