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Committees: Hingham Memorial Bell Tower Committee 2009 Annual Report In the early 1900’s, under the leadership of Susan Willard, regent of the D.A.R., and Rev. Louis Cornish, a drive was held to erect the Hingham Memorial Belltower, a monument to the first settlers, beside the old meetinghouse. As recorded in the Hart’s book Not All Is Changed, “The tower was dedicated with pomp and circumstance in 1912, its lovely bells sending competing sounds among the din of electrics and horns of autos at intersections. It holds one of only thirty-five sets of change-ringing bells on the North American Continent, whose peals would have been familiar to the first settlers. Some of the first settlers would also have recognized the old flintblock from the market place n Hingham, England, which was sent for the cornerstone. Because of its irregular shape, it could not be so used and was placed inside.” Many visitors have come to ring the bells over the years although there was only one group in 2009. A small group of local people, listed below, who enjoy ringing the bells gather on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. A welcome is extended to all who might want to try their hand at ringing.
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