Sponsor the Forten Family, Robert Purvis, Charles Henry Langston, or John Mercer Langston Bell

Sponsorship Level: $25,000 (x4)

Cast your name in bronze opposite one* of these prominent abolitionists from America’s history:

Forten family
Robert Purvis
Charles Henry Langston
John Mercer Langston

The carillon’s eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh heaviest bells dedicated to abolitionists will weigh 269 lbs. (tune: F), 225 lbs. (tune: F#), 212 lbs. (tune: G) and 181 lbs. (tune: G#) respectively.

To sponsor one of these bells, please contact the National Bell Festival.

*Order determined by date sponsorships are received or by preference of first donor.

Cover image: John Mercer Langston. Courtesy: Everett Collection.

Explore the benefits of sponsorship.

This $25,000 sponsorship level (four opportunities available) funds the casting and installation of either the Forten family, Robert Purvis, Charles Henry Langston, or John Mercer Langston bell and comes with these perks and benefits from the National Bell Festival:

Your name or company cast in bronze on the back of the carillon’s eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh largest abolitionist bells. Order determined by date sponsorships are received or by preference of first donor.

One half-page ad in the National Bell Festival guide for one year.

Invitation to the foundry to see the bells being cast and a private hardhat tour of the bell tower construction site.

Early access with up to seven guests to the “meet the bells” reception before installation in the tower.

VIP invitation to the groundbreaking ceremony.

Reserved premium seating at the first public carillon recital and recognition from the podium.

Dedicated email blast, press release, and article on Bells.org with social sharing.

The Forten family, Robert Purvis, Charles Henry Langston, and John Mercer Langston bells will be cast by Royal Eijsbouts out of the Netherlands, founders of some of the finest carillon bells in the world.

Image: Detail of a new bell for the Saint-Malo Cathedral in Brittany, France, with the name of Archbishop Pierre Paul Oscar d'Ornellas cast in bronze on the bell’s surface.