Firefighter Memorial - Wethersfield, CT
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N 41° 42.660 W 072° 39.240
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A memorial outside the fire station in Old Wethersfield
Waymark Code: WM1467A
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2021
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This is a large, four-sided memorial outside the fire station in Old Wethersfield, CT. It is made of granite and has a bell, as well as a bronze firefighter helmet on top.
The text of the memorial:
Side 1:
In honor of Wethersfield's past, present, and future firefighters.
Dedicated by
The Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department
May 12, 2013
Also illustrations of the first fire engine and the first fire house
Side 2:
Significance of the Bell
The ringing of the First Church bell
alerted Wethersfield's Volunteer
Firefighters for over 125 years.
Today it strikes the final alarm
in memory of deceased firefighters.
Side 3:
Made possible by the generous contributions to:
The Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department
&
The Brass Bell Club
Marking the Department's 200th Anniversary
1803-2003
Side 4:
In Memoriam
To Wethersfield Firefighters killed in the line of duty
J. Stanley Welles - January 20, 1928
Michael B. Mele - March 10, 1969
Department's website: (
visit link)