Thursday, April 22, 2010

Harvard Yard


Isabella and Caitlin with the statue of John Harvard, which isn't actually John Harvard!!

Across the Old Yard from Johnston Gate stands University Hall, and the now-famous statue of John Harvard by Daniel Chester French. The statue has earned the nickname "the statue of three lies" from its inscription, "John Harvard, Founder, 1638". In truth, the statue is not modeled after John Harvard, Mr. Harvard did not found the university, and the founding was in 1636.

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