ShadZee Photography - Friendship Bell

Friendship Bell - Shelter Island, San Diego It all began on December 11, 1960, when 200 people gathered at Shelter Island to dedicate San Diego's Yokohama Friendship Bell. This bell was the outgrowth of a post-World War II effort to bring the people of the United States closer to the rest of the world through direct people-to-people contacts. One part of this effort was the establishment of a Sister City program (Kyoto - San Diego) inaugurated in 1956 during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.