Taft Memorial Carillon

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What is that chiming you hear every hour and quarter-hour? It's the 27 bells of the Taft Memorial Carillon, built to honor Senator Robert A Taft from Ohio in 1959. The 100ft marble tower is part of the Capitol grounds.

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