Bell Tower to toll 26 times to honor Sandy Hook Elementary victims

Posted Dec 20, 2012
On Friday (Dec. 21), the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower will toll 26 times at 9:30 a.m. to honor the 20 children and six adults who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The campus community joins a nationwide observance to remember the lives lost on Dec. 14. (UNC.edu)

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