Benjamin C. Grenup Memorial - Washington, DC

Benjamin C. Grenup’s (the first firefighter believed to have been killed in the line of duty in the District of Columbia) Memorial is located in the Historic Glenwood Cemetery at 2219 Lincoln Road, NE. On May 6th, 1856 Volunteer Fireman Benjamin C. Grenup of Columbia Fire Company # 1 (now DCFD Engine Company #3) was killed as a result of being thrown from the apparatus and run over while enroute to a fire call at Shreeve's Stable on 7th Street, NW. According to the cemetery’s website, a fire engine bearing new recruits moves reverently through their gates to honor the grave of young Benjamin Grenup and visit the monument his Fire Company erected in his memory. The monument was sculpted by Charles Rousseau.