The Fire Museum of Maryland, founded in 1971, is located in

Lutherville, Maryland Lutherville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 6,504. Prior to 2010 the area was part of the Lutherville-Timonium CDP. Within its borders lies the Lutherv ...

near

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. With a collection of over forty pieces of

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, the Fire Museum of Maryland explains and interprets the history of the urban fire service in the U.S. for visitors and through school programming. The museum began as the private collection of the Stephen G. Heaver family collected over forty years. The museum holds an annual "Lantern Night" program where

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s and staff tell stories from the

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and the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States, United States of America and its Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom ...

while dressed in period clothing.

References

External links

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Fire Museum of Maryland – Explore Baltimore Heritage
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