An Austin Fire Department crew stepped up to their battalion chief's bluebonnet photo challenge and recreated a famous historical painting.
Fire Department crew recently recreated a famous historical painting for their battalion chief's bluebonnet photo challenge.
In April, Battalion Chief Mark Bridges issued a challenge: the crew with the most creative pictures in the spring bluebonnets would be rewarded with his signature huevos rancheros breakfast. Station 31's C-shift members stepped up to the plate and recreated the famous 1851 painting by German artist Emanuel Leutze of George Washington and his army crossing the Delaware River.The firefighters portraying George Washington and his army are Capt. Heath Haddock; Lt. Steve Hope; Fire Spc. Vernon Teltschick; and firefighters Alonso Rodriguez, Josh Garcia, Robert Whitehurst, and Leslie Lugo.
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