Memorial Bell Tower

• Erected on the Andover Hill which had been used since the Revolutionary War as a drilling *field for Andover men preparing for the military
• Dedicated in memory of the eighty-seven Philips Alumni who had died in World War I, the Civil *War, the Mexican War, and the Revolutionary War.
• Stands 159 feet high
• The bells were first rung on Aemistice Day, November 11, 1932.

See

• Andover: A Century of Change by Eleanor Motley Richardson, page 69, (974.45 Ric)
• The Townwoman's Andover by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol)
• Andover Townsman, June 1, 1978 in an article on Phillips Academy.

--Eleanor 12:24, April 18, 2006 (EDT)

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