This afternoon the Shippensburg Vigilant Hose firehouse at 129 E. King Street closed and the new “Shippensburg Emergency Services” building at 20 Walnut Bottom Road opened.
Between closing one and opening the other, the Vigilant Hose Company and the Shippensburg Area EMS made their way from the old to the new in symbolic fashion and paraded their vehicles and equipment down Orange Street for all of Shippensburg to see!
The new Shippensburg Emergency Services stands as a welcoming site as folks enter our great town and it has been quite fun to watch it being built over the past couple of years since we arrived. I remember the morning I was driving to the office and they were beginning to tear down the abandoned motel that used to sit on the lot. I even pulled over to film it for a few seconds.
This parade and grand-opening was an event I didn’t want to miss.
Some photos I took during the parade:
A video I also took:
We didn’t have time after the parade to wait around in line for a tour of the new facility, but as soon as I have the opportunity I’m getting a tour of that place – I can’t wait!
Self-proclaimed “Internetainers” (and some of my favorite YouTubers) Rhett & Link were asked back to their High School in North Carolina (Harnett Central in Angier)to give the commencement address to the graduating class of 2012. The ceremony took place at the John Pope Convocation Center at Campbell University in Buies Creek to a crowd of more than 3500 people.
