Our delightful guide, Reed, from Oklahoma. He is a second year Harvard student studying economics with aspirations for a legal career which is all but certain. Too cute!The “pearly gates” but no pearls.
Reed told us there is a “curse” to these gates. Students are only to go through them on their first day. and then upon graduation to ensure good luck.
All must know as saw only the side entrance used.
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The Gate House inside the gates is the most expensive piece of Harvard property as it had to be historically correct. It cost $57 grand by the time all parties approved the plans, and it was built.This is where the Harvard president lives. Each year the president hand picks 15 students to live in his home for their freshman year.The front of the homeHarvard – was begun 153 years before the constitution in 1636 and in 1638 Harvard, a farmer, gave his land and book collection for the university if they named the university after him, which they did. The statute is a rendering of an unknown as all pictures of Harvard were lost in a fire along with his book collection.
However, if you touch the toe of the Harvard statue good luck is to fall upon you. And truth be told something very lucky 🍀 fell to me hours after touching his toe.
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There was so much shared on this tour, and Reed was phenomenal. This young man fromOklahoma will be lighting the world on fire 🔥 someday soon. Above is the dorm where Zuckerberg created Facebook. When he was in Boston he knocked on his former dorm room for another look 👀 saying hello, and signing the desk where Facebook was created.Natalie Portman and Matt Damon’s dorm, however, Matt did not graduate, but Natalie did.National Lampoon House – oh the stories told about Conan O Brien and his tenure here. Another Harvard grad and Mark Twain award recipient. See the recent show for a 🦉.
What an amazing tour and what lucky young folks to have this opportunity!
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