In my last two posts, I wrote about the Army cats of New York City’s Army Building on Whitehall Street and the black cat mascot of the New York Tank Corps. This next story for Military Appreciation Month goes to the dogs. The military dogs of Governors Island.
Archive for the ‘Dog Mascots’ Category
1900: The Dogs (and Cats and Rabbits and Squirrels and Parrot) of Governors Island
Posted: 11th May 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: Castle Williams, Cats of Old New York, Dogs of Old New York, Governors Island Dogs, James Franklin Wade
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1899: Bang Go, the Wired-Up Mascot of FDNY Engine 56
Posted: 14th February 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: Dogs of Old New York, Engine Company 56, Engine Company 74, FDNY history, fire dogs
My latest story is one of my favorites from my upcoming book, The Bravest Pets of Gotham: Tales of Four-Legged Firefighters of Old New York (September 2024). I laugh every time I think about this crazy little dog of FDNY Engine 56. Enjoy.
1947: Butch, the WWII Canine Mascot of the Fort Hamilton Fire Department
Posted: 18th February 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog Tails, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: Army Garrison, Bronx cheer, FDNY history, Fort Hamilton, Gustav R. Moje, Rodman gun
During World War II, the United States Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn was an important staging area for the New York Port of Embarkation. The Fort Hamilton Fire Department, installed in December 1941, was one of many military installations within New York City that had a paid civilian fire department and fire apparatus during and after the war. The department had 27 enlisted men and a toothless mascot named Butch.
1904: Baltimore, the New York City Fire Dog Mascot of Engine 26
Posted: 25th September 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: Baltimore Fire, Engine Company 26, FDNY history, fire dogs
During their brief time in Baltimore during the great fire of 1904, the firemen of FDNY Engine Company 26 adopted a stray dog who followed them throughout the day. The men called him Baltimore and decided to make him their mascot. The dog seemed agreeable to the arrangement and traveled back to New York via train to his new firehouse home.
1910 and 1931: Happy and Pansy, the Cat-Saving Fire Dogs of the FDNY
Posted: 16th April 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: Engine 225, Engine 36, FDNY history, FDNY mascots, fire dogs, John H. Doherty
In 1910 and 1931, Happy and Pansy were two cat-saving fire dogs of the FDNY who ran into burning buildings to save their natural enemy.
