The Citadel

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Howie Belltower at The Citadel

Major Thomas “Tom” Dry Howie (Class of 1929) was killed in action on July 17, 1944 while attempting to capture the town of St. Lo, France.  Charles Ezra Daniel (Class of 1914-1916) and Robert Hugh Daniel (Class of 1929) gave a 59-bell van Bergen carillon and a tower in his memory, which were dedicated on December 5, 1954 with a recital given by Kamiel Lefevere.

Twenty-five bells were recast by Les Fils de Georges Paccard in 2004.

References
1953 "Citadel carillon Tower Be Dedicated to Major Howie," The Greenville News, August 26, 1953, Page 10.

1954 "Carillon Bells Made in Foundry At Heiligerlee," Index-Journal, June 24, 1954, Page 2.
Van Bergen Family Business in Holland Follows Tradition.

1954 "Daniel Brothers Gave Carillon To The Citadel," The State, September 7, 1954, Page 2.

1954 "Thomas Howie Memorial Carillon To Be Dedicated," The Greenville News, December 3, 1954, Page 46.

Carillon once again adds music to campus

Thomas Dry Howie Memorial Carillon and Tower
Erected in 1954, the carillon and tower were donated to The Citadel by two alumni, Charles E. Daniel, Class of 1918, and R. Hugh Daniel, Class of 1929, in tribute to their friend, Maj. Thomas Dry Howie, who was killed in action during World War II. Cast in the renowned Royal Van Bergen bell foundries in the Netherlands, the carillon contains one of the largest Dutch bell installations in the Western Hemisphere with bells ranging in size from 25 to 4,400 pounds. Also located in the tower is a marble and mahogany columbarium which contains 403 niches to hold urns bearing the remains of college alumni and their family members.

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