National Patriots
Bell Tower and Carillon
Stained Glass / View All Windows
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) commissioned the National Patriots Bell Tower and Carillon for Washington Memorial Chapel.
Bell Tower Sections (from Bottom to Top)
Tower Lobby — Ground floor and lowest portion of the tower entered through the archway
Tower Clerestory — Second level, located above the lobby
Tower Stairs — Stairway section on the left side of the tower in the picture above
Tower Office — Located above the clerestory on the right side of the tower and below the carillon
Explore The Bell Tower
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The Clymer Window
Tower Lobby East, Rear
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The New Jersey Window
Tower Lobby East, Front
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The Rose Window
Tower Clerestory North
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The Spirit of the Revolution
Tower Clerestory East
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The French Allliance
Tower Clerestory South
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Patriots All
Tower Clerestory West
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North Dakota DAR
Tower Stairs Window 1, East
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Massachusetts DAR
Tower Stairs Window 2, Southeast
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West Virginia DAR
Tower Stairs Window 3, Northwest
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Pennsylvania DAR (Greene)
Tower Stairs Window 4, Southeast
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Mississippi DAR
Tower Stairs Window 5, South
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New York DAR
Tower Stairs Window 6, Northwest
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Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution (PSSR)
Tower Stairs Window 7, Southwest
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Pennsylvania DAR (Warren)
Tower Stairs Window 8, Northwest
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Ohio DAR
Tower Stairs Window 9, West
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Pennsylvania DAR (Wright)
Tower Office West
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Pennsylvania DAR (Abbott)
Tower Office North
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Louisiana DAR
Tower Office East
Stained Glass Design
Inside the windows in the Tower Lobby and Tower Clerestory are “medallions” depicting scenes or stories.
The tracery is the intricate stonework window atop a stained glass window.
The slider below shows each window in the Bell Tower with links to its full image(s).
Detailed text to be added at a later date
The Clymer Window
The Clymer Window - Tower Lobby East, Rear
Medallion 1 - Founders of the Daughters of the American revolution, October 11, 1890 - Mary Desha, Mary Smith Lockwood, Ellen Hardin Walworth and Eugenia Washington
Medallion 2 - National Defense
Medallion 3 - Americanization
The New Jersey Window
The New Jersey Window - Tower Lobby East, Front
Medallion 1 - Hostesses at Valley Forge - Mmes. Washington, Alexander, Greene Knox, and Biddle
Medallion 2 - Educational Programs of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Medallion 3 - Research Programs of the Daughters of the American Revolution
The Rose window
The Rose Window - Tower Clerestory North
The Rose Window - Tower Clerestory North
The Spirit of the Revolution
The Spirit of The Revolution - Tower Clerestory, East
Medallion 1 - Reading the Declaration of Independence
Medallion 2 - Sick Soldiers By Cart - Valley Forge To Yellow Springs
Medallion 3 - Von Steuben's "Hard Times" Party
Medallion 4 - Evacuation of Valley Forge, June 19, 1778
The French Alliance
The French Alliance - Tower Clerestory South
The French Alliance - Tracery Glass
Medallion 1 - General Washington Visiting at the Campfires
Medallion 2 - Franklin, S. Deane, Vergennes, Beaumarchais in Paris
Medallion 3 - Couriers Leaving Casco Bay Maine, in Secret
Medallion 4 - Delivering "Alliance" to Washington at Valley Forge
Medallion 5 - Washington, Lafayette, De Kalb, Pulaski & Von Steuben
Medallion 6 - Delivering "Alliance" to Congress at York, PA
Medallion 7 - Reading "Alliance" at Valley Forge, May 6, 1778
Medallion 8 - New Oath of Allegiance - Valley Forge
PATRIOTS ALL
Patriots All - Tower Clerestory West
Medallion 1 - Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
Medallion 2 - Robert Morris & Haym Salomon - Financiers
Medallion 3 - Oneida Indians - Scouts
Medallion 4 - Joseph Mann - Free Negro, Cabin at Valley Forge Used by
Gen. Mcintosh as Quarters
NORTH DAKOTA DAR
North Dakota DAR
In Honor of Louis Benjamin Hanna (1861 - 1948),
Governor of North Dakota (1913 - 1917) By the Dacotah Chapter of the DAR, 1948
Massachusetts DAR
Massachusetts DAR
In Memory of Lester S. Wall Jr., Commander United States Navy by the Massachusetts Society of the DAR, Presented by Gladys Brown Wall
West Virginia DAR
Tower Stairs Window 3, Northwest
West Virginia DAR
In Memory of Deceased Members by the Matthew R. French Chapter, Princeton, West Virginia
Pennsylvania DAR
Tower Stairs Window 4, Southeast
Pennsylvania DAR (Greene)
In Memory of Martha George Greene by Her Sister, Elizabeth G. White
Mississippi DAR
Tower Stairs Window 5, South
Mississippi DAR
In Honor of Mrs. Harry A. Alexander by the Mississippi DAR
New York DAR
Tower Stairs Window 6, Northwest
New York DAR
Larchmont Chapter
Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution (PSSR)
Tower Stairs Window 7, Southwest
Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution (PSSR)
In Honor of John Vanvalzan Foster, Contract Surgeon, World War I
Pennsylvania DAR
Tower Stairs Window 8, Northwest
Pennsylvania DAR (Warren)
General Joseph Warren Chapter
Ohio DAR
Tower Stairs Window 9, West
Ohio DAR
In Honor of Myra Johnston Miller, State Chairman Memorial Bell Tower Committee By the New Connecticut Chapter, Painesville Ohio
PENNSYLVANIA DAR
Tower Office West
Pennsylvania DAR (Wright)
In Honor of Mrs. Joseph Vallery Wright (1950 - 1953), Regent of the Jeptha Abbott Chapter of the PA DAR
Pennsylvania DAR
Tower Office North
Pennsylvania DAR (Abbott)
Jeptha Abbott Chapter, Ardmore
Louisiana DAR
Tower Office East - Louisiana DAR
In Honor of Mrs. Herbert C. Parker (1950 - 1953),
State Regent of the Louisiana Society of the DAR
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