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The Famous Carillon of 66 Bells, War Memorial, Richmond, Va. postcard, ca 1930s-40s
The Carillon, the first World War I monument built in Virginia, stands two miles south of VMFA in Richmond's Byrd Park. During the mid-1920s, the General Assembly founded the War Memorial Commission to conceive of a monument honoring Virginians who served in combat or supported the war effort. The resulting 240-foot memorial bell tower, constructed on land donated by the City of Richmond, was dedicated to the Commonwealth of Virginia on October 15, 1932. |