Cook Carillon Tower to commemorate Civil War
Apr 8, 2015
Grand Valley’s Cook Carillon Tower will join a national chorus of
bells ringing from churches, temples, schools, city halls, and public
buildings to commemorate a historic moment of the American Civil War.
The Cook Carillon bells will toll for four minutes beginning at
3:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 9. Each minute will symbolize one year of
the Civil War’s four-year duration. The event is part of the National
Park Service’s “Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox.”
On April 6, 1865, Union General Ulysses S. Grant met Confederate
General Robert E. Lee at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia to set
the terms of surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Bells will
ring first at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park at 3
p.m. to commemorate the moment the meeting between the generals ended.
While Lee’s surrender did not end the American Civil War, most
Americans see the act as the symbolic end of four years of
bloodshed.
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