The Volunteer’s Bell stands in front of the J.O. Orsborn Memorial Fire Station in La Mesa. I took these photos a couple evenings ago.
The large bell was produced by the Meneely Bell Company of New York. A plaque is embedded in the rocky pedestal upon which the large bell stands.
The plaque poetically states:
1922 – 1952
THE VOLUNTEER’S BELL
THIS BELL WHICH RANG FOR MANY YEARS TO CALL OUT ALL THE VOLUNTEERS A SYMBOL OF THE DAYS GONE PAST IT STANDS HERE PROUDLY RESTING AT LAST
PRESENTED BY LADIES AUX. OF L.M.F.D. DEC. 25. 1957
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