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Toll the Bells of Peace in 2023 Dear Michael, Whether you are a former participant or a just a friend, we invite you to join us for this growing Veterans Day kickoff tradition: the annual Bells of Peace Ceremony. Initiated in 2018 to commemorate the WWI Armistice’s 100th anniversary, this ceremony at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month honors all Americans who have served their nation and the cherished peace we enjoy because of their dedication and sacrifice. Join the National Ceremony at the WWI Memorial in DC: This Year We Honor “The Hello Girls” In 2023, the national Bells of Peace ceremony is recognizing the valuable contributions of “The Hello Girls.” These 217 bilingual women served as U.S. Army Signal Corps switchboard operators in WWI. Although their services were invaluable, it took until 1977 for them to receive the veteran status and benefits they were promised. For Bells of Peace 2023, we Toll the Bells for them as we feature speakers, remembrances and special commemorations for these special veterans. The “Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act” is now before congress. Learn How You Can Help! Join us in Person at the WWI Memorial We welcome all DC region locals to joins us at the National WWI Memorial in person on November 11, 2023, starting at 10:30am Eastern. The Memorial is located on Pennsylvania Avenue between 14th and 15th Street NW, opposite the White House Visitor Center. Join Us Online If you are not in the DC region, please join us online as we live stream the ceremony on the Doughboy Foundation’s YouTube channel starting at 10:45am Eastern on 11/11. We will be sending details to everyone who has registered their participation and/or interest. Register Your Participation Thousands of LOCAL Bells of Peace Ceremonies Over the past 5-years, tens-of-thousands have kicked off Veterans Day with local Bells of Peace ceremonies. To support you in 2023 we have transformed the Bells of Peace mobile app into a WebApp available directly on your computer, tablet or smartphone through our website. The WebApp offers a range of ceremony support features, including: Countdown timer for synchronized bell tolling at 11am local Bell tolling options, including single peals and 21 bells NEW Upcount timer to facilitate holding a “Moment of Silence” NEW Ability to sound Taps for concluding your ceremony Explore the “Bells” WebApp Registration and Feedback Your participation and feedback has been essential over the years to help Bells of Peace grow and evolve. Please register your personal or organization’s participation so we can share event information and updates. If you are an organization, you can include your organization’s name and logo we can share. Send Us Your Logo Social Media Sharing To help spread the word, we encourage you to share your activities and observances through your social media channels using the hashtags #BellsOfPeace and #TollTheBells. If we see them, we will republish your posts on our Doughboy Foundation social channels. Your posts contribute to the collective remembrance and honor of our veterans. #BellsOfPeace #TollTheBells Thank you for your interest and past participation in the Bells of Peace program. We look forward to commemorating this important day with you in 2023. The Bells of Peace Team

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View as a webpage Help us share YOUR story with #BellsOfPeace Friday is coming up quickly. According to the counter on my Bells of Peace Participation App – As I write this, we are only 3 days and 1 hour from tolling the bells here. Help us share the story of YOUR Bells of Peace participation by posting your event, veteran’s picture, bells, group, congregation, post, chapter and/or video of your tolling on social media using #BellsOfPeace. This will bring your story to our aggregator so we can include images or videos of your Bells of Peace commemoration on our Participation Wall and under the Camera Icon in the app. We monitor Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube. See the Participation Wall We have wonderful organizations and individuals on record since 2018 (keep clicking the Load More button at the bottom of the page). Please include your commemoration in 2022 when you tolled the bells for those who served and serve for our democracy and freedom and tag it with #BellsOfPeace. Thank you. Contact: BellsOfPeace@doughboy.org bellsofpeace.org

Members should note this live streamed event on Friday at 8am Pacific time.

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View as a webpage Dear Michael, I would like to personally invite you to our Bells of Peace Ceremony. November 11th was that day 104 years ago when the guns of WWI fell silent on the Western Front. 116,516 Americans had given their lives, hundreds of thousands of other’s lives were forever changed. The death toll worldwide was 20 million, military and civilians. We’ll honor them at the WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. with our Bells of Peace ceremony, as many other attend their local events with the tolling of bells at 11AM on 11/11: the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. GEN Barry McCaffrey will be joining us. He knows what it means. He served four combat tours and was himself wounded three times. If you are in the Washington D.C. area, I hope you can join us at the Memorial for our ceremony. If you are not, we will be live streaming the event on our YouTube Channel. The event will begin at 10:45am ET. See you there. Dan Dayton Chairman/CEO Doughboy Foundation Contact: BellsOfPeace@doughboy.org bellsofpeace.org

An item from the organization formerly known as the World War One Centennial Commission that may be of interest to members.

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Hi Michael,

As someone who has previously been involved, we wanted to reach out to you to see if you would help us get the word out for Bells of Peace 2021.

 

Since the centennial of the WWI Armistice in 2018, Bells of Peace have been tolled in remembrance of all those who served in WWI at 11am on Veterans Day. Bells of Peace also commemorates the WWI Armistice of November 11, 1918, when the guns fell silent, and bells tolled on the Western Front after four years of brutal combat.

Participants in the Tolling of the Bells of Peace have included, to date, tens of thousands of participants including states, cities, municipalities, ships, military installations, churches, schools, veterans’ organizations, museums, and individuals.

We’re writing to ask that you too support the Doughboy Foundation’s Bells of Peace 2021 program by spreading the word far and wide… to insure all those who served in the War that Changed the World will never be forgotten.

 

Here are some wonderful tools to support those efforts

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Invite People to Sign Up & Be Recognized

Sign up is on the Doughboy Foundation’s webpage: https://doughboy.org/bells-signup. and we will keep participants updated with the latest information about related Armistice and Veterans Day events; tips on holding your events; and more.  Participants can submit their logos and/or photos and be recognized on the Doughboy Foundation’s webpage and social media platforms.

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Ask People to Share Bells of Peace on their Social Media Platforms

Here are some resources, sample posts, images and a great video to help you “Spread the Word”.

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TWITTER JOIN BELLS OF PEACE National Bell Tolling 11/11/21 – Starting with Bells of Peace 2018 “#WWI Armistice Centennial” tens of 1000s have tolled including all States, every US military branch, 100s of churches, posts, chapters, cities & communities. Toll in 2021! Learn more: https://Doughboy.org/bells

 

FACEBOOK JOIN BELLS OF PEACE a National Bell Tolling on Nov 11, 2021. It began in 2018 when we tolled Bells of Peace for the “#WWI Armistice Centennial Remembrance”. To date, tens of thousands have participated including all the States, every branch of US military service, & 100s of churches, posts, chapters, cities and communities. Learn more about BELLS OF PEACE 2021 here: https://Doughboy.org/bells What’s the best way to participate?? Download the BELLS OF PEACE APP! Learn more about the APP here: https://Doughboy.org/bells-app #bellsofpeace #veterans #veteransday

 

INSTAGRAM JOIN BELLS OF PEACE a National Bell Tolling on Nov 11, 2021 … It began in 2018 when we tolled Bells of Peace for the “#WWI Armistice Centennial Remembrance”. To date, tens of thousands have participated including all the States, every branch of US military service, & 100s of churches, posts, chapters, cities and communities. Learn more about BELLS OF PEACE 2021 & the BELLS OF PEACE APP here, COPY & PASTE: https://Doughboy.org/bells or put link in your BIO and note: “See our BIO LINK to SIGN UP”

 

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Download The Bells of Peace Participation App

 

A multi-function tool, the Participation App provides a countdown timer to the 11th hour (local) of the 11th day of the 11th month with a selection of bell sounds. When the countdown timer reaches 00 00 00, the selected bell will toll 21 times, 5 seconds apart to remember those who served. Participants can also manually toll, share photos & videos of their participation here. The day of Nov. 11 is always very exciting as APP participants share their experiences via the APP.  Click here to learn how to USE & DOWNLOAD the APP: https://doughboy.org/bells-app

 

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Thank you in advance for your Bells of Peace 2021 support!  This year promises to be exceptionally meaningful as we also Honor the Centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the opening of the new National WWI Memorial, DC. For the first time, Bells of Peace will be tolled at the Memorial, followed by Echoing Taps, and a reading of Archibald MacLeish’s famous poem: “The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak.”

 

In memory of the Doughboys and all those who served in WWI,

The Doughboy Foundation Team