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An impassioned plea to transform seized artillery and war bells into carillons celebrating peace, proposing a monumental memorial and 200-foot bell tower in the national capital. The piece surveys historical instances of bells cast from cannon, criticizes triumphal inscriptions, and imagines towers housing recast bells and stones from ruined cathedrals to symbolize reconciliation. It envisions carillons marking civic rites—such as inaugurations, memorials, and festivals—as a moral and aesthetic counterpoint to militarism, arguing for architecture and music to perpetuate remembrance and foster international amity.

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Title: The Washington Peace Carillon

Author: James Marion Shull

Release date: August 28, 2020 [eBook #63068]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Jessica Hope

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The Washington Peace Carillon

A Brochure Issued by Lovers of the Bells and Dedicated to Others of Their Kind. Done in the Interest of a Greater Washington.

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Whose carillon of 52 bells has given joy to many thousands. In December, 1814, these bells rang out at the signing of the treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain, and but for the outbreak of the great war, would in 1914 have celebrated the completion of a hundred years of unbroken peace between the two nations.