The Dowagiac Area History Museum Spring Lecture Series concludes on Wednesday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m. with “A History of Firefighting in Dowagiac,” by Lt. Robert Nelson of the Dowagiac Fire Department.

Nelson is the unofficial department historian who has been overseeing the digitization of records and photographs documenting Dowagiac’s firefighting history. The program will look at the formation of the young village’s Patrick Hamilton Hose Company and include photographs, video and stories from the next 150 years of Dowagiac’s Fire Departments.

The program is free to museum members and costs $5 to non-members. Children under 18 years of age are also free. Membership will be available at the museum for those interested. The museum is located at the corner of Division and West Railroad Streets. For more information, call the Dowagiac Area History Museum at 269-783-2560 or visit www.dowagiacmuseum.info.