AMVETS Carillon - Veterans Memorial Cemetery - Agawam, MA
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The AMVETS Memorial Carillon is located in the Veterans Memorial Cemetery at 1390 Main Street in Agawam, MA.
Waymark Code: WM17EG1
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2023
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The AMVETS Memorial Carillon program was initiated to honor deceased veterans. In 1948 the AMVETS organization sought a memorial those who who died in World War II. They decided to install carillons at appropriate locations "whose bells, symbolic of Thomas Jefferson’s historic words, 'eternal vigilance is the price of liberty'. AMVETS Link
When the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam opened in 2001, the AMVETS installed an electronic carillon tower. The tower has three bells of various pitch and the necessary electronic equipment to operate the bells. The carillon is located near the Columbarium area of the cemetery.
A nearby plaque by is inscribed:
{AMVETS Emblem}
AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION
AND
AMVETS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEDICATED THIS MEMORIAL CARILLON
AS A LIVING MEMORIAL TO AMERICA'S VETERANS
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY HONORABLY
FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
MASSACHUSETTS VETERANS' MEMORIAL CEMETERY
AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS
SEPTEMBER 15, 2001
"AS THESE BELLS RING...HONORED
DEAD REST...FREEDOM LIVES..."