Tag: Sherman Hoar

  • Nation & World

    Big statue on campus

    Whether you’re standing at the Harvard Statue in the morning, noon, or evening, the scene is almost always the same: Crowds of five, 10, or 50 converge to take a photo with the statue. For some, the statue is the embodiment of the University. For others a photo with it is just a box to…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Biography of a bronze

    September marked the 375th anniversary of benefactor John Harvard’s death, and the beginning of a course that uses his statue in Harvard Yard to instruct students about the realities of two vanished eras.

    8 minutes