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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

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View as a webpage Join us for Bells of Peace 2021 Toll “Bells of Peace” on 11/11 at 11am local time, and honor all those who served and sacrificed in WWI. Bells of Peace is a U.S. national bell tolling remembrance that was created in collaboration with the Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (SHGTUS) to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the World War I Armistice, November 11, 2018. The Doughboy Foundation has since promoted Bells of Peace as an annual remembrance of those who served in WWI and of the moment when the guns fell silent, and bells tolled in Europe… on the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour in 1918. Register By registering for Bells of Peace 2021, you can include and share your organization’s logo as a participant. We will keep you updated on relevant news and information about the event and your participation and tagged social media posts will go into the archive of participation. Sign Up “Here Rests in Honored Glory…” 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the interment ceremonies officiated by President Warren G. Harding when an unknown soldier from WWI was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery establishing the hallowed Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on November 11, 1921. This year as we toll the Bells of Peace at 11am local on 11/11, we will also reflect on this solemn event triggered by America’s participation in WWI. TUS Centennial Commemoration Participation App Download the free Bells of Peace Participation App. An easy way to register your participation. A countdown timer until 11am local on 11/11 local time. Select a bell and manually toll it at 11am or have it auto toll 21 times at the appointed time. Have several people use their smartphones together to create a group bell tolling. Mix it with other acoustic bells for a truly memorable 21 peal remembrance of those who served and serve. If  you are a teacher, use the Bells of Peace Participation app to involve your students in the history and meaning of Veterans Day in an engaging and experiential way. Share your Bells of Peace event with all the other participants through the App using the built-in social sharing channel. Download the App Link in your own Social Media posts Even if you don’t use the Bells of Peace Participation App, you can tag your social media posts with #BellsOfPeace and we will bring them into our aggregator to share with everyone. We scan for posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube with #BellsOfPeace. Your posts will appear on the Bells of Peace website and in the App for all to see how you remember. This year we will also be scanning for #TUS100 honoring the Centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Our Bells of Peace participation archive goes all the way back to 2018 with hundreds of great posts from our participants.Check it out. and just keep clicking MORE. If you have questions or need help with your participation reach out through: BellsOfPeace@doughboy.org Doughboy.org/Bells “Bells of Peace” is supported by the Doughboy Foundation as a part of its mission.