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Rumford residents Jean Richmond, left, and Glenda Julian raptly watch Rumford fire Lt. Rob Dixon place a new American flag 80 feet up off Hartford Street over Hotel Harris on Friday afternoon after Dixon removed the tattered old flag. “I timed him,” Julian said. “It took him 20 minutes to do that. That’s fast.” Both residents, who’ve had family in the military, said they would be riding their flag-bedecked wheelchairs while participating in Monday’s Memorial Day Parade at 10 a.m. in Rumford.
Harnessed to the Rumford Fire Department aerial ladder 80 feet over Hartford Street on Friday afternoon, fire Lt. Rob Dixon secures a new flag to the pole atop Hotel Harris after removing the tattered old flag and carrying it down to fold it with other firefighters atop the ladder truck.
Showing their patriotism, Glenda Julian, left, and Jean Richmond, both of Rumford, watch Rumford firefighters use their aerial ladder truck to replace a tattered American flag 80 feet above Hartford Street atop Hotel Harris on Friday afternoon. “We’re very patriotic,” Julian said. Both women plan to ride their wheelchairs in Rumford’s Memorial Day Parade.
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