Memories of Virginia
THE POCAHONTAS MEMORIAL
BELL
The incorporators of the Association are Mrs. Green, Mrs. Darling, Mrs. Halsey, the membership limited to one hundred members; Mrs. Green Regent.
The bell was cast April 1907, at the McShane Bell Foundry, Baltimore; the work began by candle light—a candle in the old brass candlestick—donated in memory of Governor Matthews, was made a medium to cast a reflection to typify "the work of the present being aided by the light of other days." The bell weighs 500 pounds, and is 29 inches in diameter. The inscription:
THE DOMINION, 1607—VIRGINIA, 1907.
[On the other side:]
PRESENTED BY
THE POCAHONTAS BELL ASSOCIATION
ANNE S. GREEN, President.
These mingled metals rich and kind,
Their purpose high, the intent sublime.
The metal employed is historic and relics valued as heirlooms were contributed by American descendants of the Seventeenth century, to ring out the Legends of the Indian Girl.
There is sentiment and historic interest in
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