The Carillon
by Jemmy Archer
Title
The Carillon
Artist
Jemmy Archer
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Photograph - Photograph
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Virginia's War Memorial for World War I was erected by the Commonwealth of Virginia to commemorate those who served. Designed by noted Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram, it is an interpretation of the Italian campanile in Georgian classicism. A commission was formed about 1922 to study a design and a site, but pubic campaigns altered the initial proposal and delayed construction until 1931. The City of Richmond donated the building site in Byrd Park. The tower was completed and dedicated on October 15, 1932. The Carillon reaches a height of 240 feet and its bells were originally intended to ring out patriotic concerts. Carillon concerts are usually played on veteran-related holidays. The bells are played by a baton keyboard, worked by a person using feet and fists to propel the striking mechanism to sound off the individual one-note bells.
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