In Philadelphia, 20,000 firemen march in an unprecedented gala parade

On a fine day in Philadelphia, firemen from more than a hundred fire companies, including thirty visiting from East Coast cities, paraded through the streets in a remarkable display.  In an estimated ten mile procession on a route of up to twenty miles, around twenty-thousand firemen participated in the parade that took three hours to pass any point.  (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Firemen's Jubilee: Grand Parade of Firemen in Philadelphia," New York Times, October 17, 1865, p.1. 
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