Memorial Bell Tower, NCSU, Raleigh

At 115 feet tall, this memorial contains 1,400 tons of concrete and sits on a 700 ton concrete base. The Bell Tower does not actually contain bells, but rather speakers that are controlled from the nearby Holladay Hall. On the cornerstone of the Bell Tower: DEDICATED BY THE ALUMNI TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR. Officially, 33 NCSU alumni died in World War I, but the plaque bears 34 names. G. L. Jeffers, Class of '13, was reported as killed in action, but this was a mistake. When the plaque was made, many years later, the list including Jeffers’ name was provided to the manufacturer. When the mistake was realized, the decision was made to simply alter the inscription of Jeffers’ name to make it unrecognizable. Thus, it was changed to G. E. Jefferson, and serves as a symbol of unknown soldiers from NCSU and elsewhere.