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Learning Adventures in Citizenship
Episode 2The Great Fire of 1835
Fire! New York had to burn to the ground before founding a professional fire department.
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Engineer a Solution

Find the most urgent problem facing your community, and do something to ENGINEER A SOLUTION.

 


Illustration: "Heights on the Same Evening as Fire," 1835, courtesy of the Collection of the New-York Historical Society.


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