The nation’s death toll surpassed 400,000 the day of the memorial. (Andrew Graham/WyoFile)Įach second represented 1,000 Americans killed by the virus, Williamson said. The cathedral has eleven bells, that were shipped from Boston over a century ago. Matthew’s Episcopal Cathedral, as viewed from below. He continued to pull the chain, and the bells tolled over Laramie for the next 400 seconds - a little over six minutes. Shortly after 3:34, Williamson pulled a chain to ring one of the church’s deeper timbred bells. The new president asked churches to ring their bells, Americans to put candles in their windows and cities to light their buildings in a moment of remembrance for the nation’s COVID-19 fatalities. The Episcopal Diocese in Wyoming had invited each of its churches to heed a national call from President Joe Biden. On Tuesday, Williamson made the climb for a particular reason. At 80 years old, Williamson has little trouble climbing up and down ladders in the 118-feet high clock and bell tower. Matthew’s Episcopal Cathedral’s 11 century-old bells. Donate Now Punch Williamson climbs a ladder toward a control room for the St.
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