[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E210]
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   TRIBUTE TO THE LYONS, IL, FIRE DEPARTMENT ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 1996

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
organization that has been protecting lives and property in a community 
for a century--the Lyons, IL, Fire Department.
  The department was founded in December, 1895 by village ordinance. 
But as anyone who has ever had dreams of racing to the scene of a fire 
in a red engine will tell you, it did not really start until January 
21, 1896, when the department's first vehicle, a nonmotorized, man-
powered horse car, was purchased.
  From those humble beginnings, the department has grown into one of 
the finest in suburban Chicago.
  The village and its fire department will commemorate 100 years of 
service with numerous ceremonies this year, including a dinner-dance 
this month, a muster with interdepartmental competition in May, and a 
picnic for past and present firefighters in June.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the department and its personnel on its 
century of success and wish them many more years of effectively 
protecting lives and property in their community.

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