Great Lakes National Cemetery - Holly, MI
N 42° 51.046 W 083° 37.101
17T E 286061 N 4747569
The bell tower is located at the Memorial section of the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM16NXD
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2022
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Standing at 40 feet tall, the silver carillon at Great Lakes National Cemetery tolled its bells and sang to the hundreds of AMVETS and guests at its dedication ceremony October 29, 2011. Michigan AMVETS have been planning the carillon's installation since the cemetery opened in 2005. The carillon at Great Lakes National Cemetery cost about $120,000, Downer said, and was funded by AMVETS Department of Michigan and several private donors.
AMVETS has put a carillon in every national cemetery throughout the world with the first carillon installed at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 1949. The Great Lakes National Cemetery carillon is the 98th since the program began. The new plays "God Bless America," "Taps," "Star Spangled Banner," and other patriotic music. -
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Though the cited source refers to this bell tower as a carillon, it is not as it does not meet the minimum number of bells.
The dedication plaque at the bells reads:
AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION
AND
AMVETS DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN
DEDICATED THIS CARILLON AS A LIVING MEMORIAL
TO AMERICA'S VETERANS WHO SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY HONORABLY FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
GREAT LAKES NATIONAL CEMETERY
HOLLY, MICHIGAN
OCTOBER 29, 2011
"AS THESE BELLS RING...
HONORED DEAD REST...
FREEDOM LIVES."