Bells of Peace is a U.S. national "bell tolling" created in collaboration with the Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (SHGTUS) in 2018 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the World War I Armistice.
The Doughboy Foundation has since promoted it as an annual remembrance of those who served in WWI. It occurs at the11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, when the guns fell silent and bells tolled on the Western Front in 1918.
Register your 2022 participation as an individual or as an organization and join the tens of thousands who have tolled the bells in the name of liberty and freedom.
When you sign up you can add your organization's logo to the National Participants Wall (going back to 2018).
No bell? No problem!
Download the Bells of Peace Participation App and get a countdown timer to 11/11 at 11 a.m. local.
Select from various bell sounds that toll 21 times, five seconds apart from your smartphone at the right time. Get others in your group to do the same, all selecting different sounds with the phone clocks synchronizing the tolling.
If you don't use social media, you can still share your plans and your event through the app using the phone to take pictures or make videos, and it will also be included on the National Participants Wall.
Join us at the WWI Memorial in Washington D.C. in person, or online at 10:30 a.m. Eastern.
The Doughboy Foundation will be hosting a Bells of Peace commemoration at the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. starting at 10:30 am Eastern on Nov. 11, 2022.The ceremony will include a wreath dedication, remarks by special guest General Barry McCaffrey, the Bells of Peace tolling, and "Echoing Taps" by Taps For Veterans, when multiple buglers will play taps from different corners of the WWI Memorial.
If you are in D.C., we invite you to join us live at the Memorial, located at Pennsylvania Avenue between 14th Street and 15th Street NW, across from the White House Visitor Center. If you are not local, tune in to our LIVE STREAM on the Doughboy Foundation YouTube channel at YouTube.Com/c/TheDoughboyFoundation or on the home page of Bells of Peace site.
