On November 11, 2024, from 11 AM to 1 PM we rang the historic bell hanging in Trader Joe’s to celebrate Veteran’s Day. Thanks to Trader Joe’s management and staff for accommodating the bell ringing. Thanks also to the Garden Home History Project volunteers, including Stan Houseman, Kevin Mistler, Patsy VandeVenter, Esta Mapes, Sandy McKiernan, Marie Pacella, and Elaine Shreve.

The ringing also commemorates Lyle “Toad” Tate, a US Marine from Garden Home killed in Vietnam in 1967. A plaque mounted near the bell is was originally mounted on the bell tower at the United Methodist Church on SW 81st Ave.

Read the story behind historic bell hanging in Trader Joe’s.

We have at least 135 bell ringers in the gallery below.