Volunteer Fire and Rescue personnel as well as Fairfax County Police Officers will bring emergency vehicles for display and offer hands-on activities to demonstrate the critical role played by first responders at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum on Sunday, August 24, 2014 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. The American Red Cross will also hold a blood drive at the Museum that day. There will also be special Museum exhibits and displays of relief efforts during the Civil War.
The event is being held to commemorate the historic evacuation efforts of Union forces and of Clara Barton in aiding wounded soldiers at Fairfax Station during the battles of Second Manassas and Ox Hill/Chantilly in August and September 1862.
The Museum is located at 11200 Fairfax a Station Road in Fairfax Station, VA. Admission is free for a Museum members and children under 5; $2 children 5-15; $4 adults 16 and over. For more information, www.fairfax-station.org or 703-425-9225.
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