The clock on the town hall

Clarksdale, Mississippi

The clock on the Clarksdale town hall has been stopped for years. Everyone in town knows what time it says, and nobody knows what time it is.

Four steps, in order, each one paid for before the next begins.

StepReached at
Survey of the movement$4,000
Restoration of the dial$11,000
The chime comes back$19,000
The night it starts again$25,000

The last step is a public evening: the clock is restarted at dusk, the chime rings the hour, and every donor's name is read out on the steps.

Town Hall clock — restoration fund

Ends at

$25,000

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