People gather for a candle light vigil at The Memorial Church at Harvard University in the wake of the violence visited upon the city of Boston yesterday during the Boston Marathon. Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer
Harvard students, faculty, and staff attended memorial services for the bombing victims
After the shocks come the memorials. When reports swept the Harvard campus Monday afternoon that two bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon had killed and wounded people at the finish line, a wave of sadness and concern swept the campus. That sorrow deepened with the news that a close relative of two Harvard dining staffers, a young woman who also once worked at the University, was among the dead. On Tuesday, Harvard students, faculty, and staff attended three vigils for the bombing victims, in Andover Chapel at the Divinity School, near the Baker Library/Bloomberg Center at the Business School, and at the Memorial Church, where candles undercut the darkness. At each venue, sadness mixed with hope, and tears with resolve.
1Honor Wilkinson ’14 (left) and Andrew Sudler ’14 light candles at the Memorial Church vigil Tuesday night.
2Claire Aly writes a heartfelt message to her Harvard Business School co-worker Patty Campbell, who lost her daughter in the Boston Marathon attacks.
3Harvard Divinity School student Emily Jendzejec offers a candle after a gathering for meditation, prayer, grieving, and community support at Andover Chapel.
4The flag flew at half staff at Harvard Business School, just one of the spots on campus where vigils were held.
5Claire Aly (left) cries for her co-worker Patty Campbell, whose daughter was killed in the attacks.
6Campbell’s co-workers and others gathered at the Harvard Business School to show support.
7Harvard University Police Department Officer Michael Arsenault stands watch in Harvard Yard.
8President Drew Faust and Pusey Minister Jonathan Walton light candles at the Tuesday night vigil.
9People gathered as one community.
