The Deeds Carillon and Carillon Park

by Anonymous

FOR HATE IS STRONG

AND MOCKS THE SONG

OF PEACE ON EARTH GOOD WILL TO MEN

THEN PEALED THE BELLS MORE LOUD AND DEEP

GOD IS NOT DEAD NOR DOES HE SLEEP

THE WRONG SHALL FAIL

THE RIGHT PREVAIL

WITH PEACE ON EARTH GOOD WILL TO MEN

LONGFELLOW

The sixty-one acres comprised in Carillon Park represent a notable piece of reclamation. For many years it was periodically flooded and became a bushy swamp breeding mosquitoes and germs. It was one of Dayton’s eyesores in addition to being a menace to health. The decision to build the Deeds Carillon led to its transformation. Within a year the one-time “dismal swamp” emerged as an ideal pleasure ground equipped with a parking space for hundreds of motor cars. In this lovely, wooded, and verdant environment the citizens of Dayton and all others who come, relax and enjoy the music of the carillon bells.