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The Robert A. Taft Memorial is a memorial with a bell tower dedicated to
Robert A. Taft, son of President William Howard Taft. Designed by
architect Douglas W. Orr, the memorial consists of a tower and a 10-foot
bronze statue of Senator Taft sculpted by Wheeler Williams. Jets of water
flow into a basin that rings the base. The twenty-seven bells in the
upper part of the tower are considered to be very fine and were cast in
France. The large central bell strikes on the hour, while the smaller
fixed bells chime on the quarter-hour. By resolution of Congress, they
play the Star Spangled Banner at 2 p.m. on the Fourth of July.
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