On Saturday, February 28, in celebration of Black History Month, a history plaque was unveiled and presented to the city by the Victor Company service organization, for display at Fire Station 3 at 13 S. East Street. The ceremony included remarks from local officials as well as a fabulous historical perspective of the city in the 1860s by Earl Ijames, from the North Carolina Museum of History. See below for links to the event video and more.
The plaque joins a handful of others created in recent years by the Raleigh Fire Museum and the Raleigh Fire Department:
Indoor plaques with histories of earlier station locations:
- Station 2 – Pecan Road
- Station 5 – Oberlin Road
- Station 6 – Fairview Road (opening soon)
- Station 11 – Glenridge Road
- Station 12 – Poole Road
- Station 14 – Harden Road (opening soon)
Outdoor plaque with a history of the smokehouse building:
- Keeter Training Center – Keeter Center Drive
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