Three Lies

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11:34 a.m.

This statue of John Harvard stoically sits in Harvard Yard. After an impressive, yet a tad yappy, student tour of Harvard University, we learned that although the plaque states this is John Harvard, it is decidedly not. There are no known photographs or physical descriptions of the man. Lie number one. Lie number two: John Harvard was not the Founder, which is stated below his name on said statue. And finally, by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it was founded in 1636, not 1638. Lie number three.

The toe is kept bronze through folks rubbing it for a little luck. Not sure I'd put my hopefulness in a basket of lies.

That said, if you've never been to Boston or Cambridge. Go. Right now. Tick-tock. I'll wait.