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Article: GROUP'S HOBBY HAS MASS APPEAL HINGHAM BELL TOWER RINGS WITH THEIR EFFORTS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2001
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HINGHAM - On most Tuesday nights, a group of people from a variety
of professions gather at the Memorial Bell Tower on Main Street here
to use muscle and mind in pursuit of an art form that arrived in this
country before the Revolutionary War.
In fact, it is said that it was Paul Revere's practice as a change
bell ringer from the age of 15 that made him familiar with the tower
of the Old North Church from which the heralded lanterns blazed on
the night of his famous ride.
In Hingham these days, the 70-foot brick bell tower is the only
one in New England where anyone can try their hand at change bell
ringing.
In the tower, the Hingham Memorial Bell Tower Ringers host an open
invitation to ...
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