The lawn of Harvard University, or better known as Harvard Yard, began its history at the very beginning of Harvard in 1636. It is noteworthy that a woman's foot did not step on this lawn until 1920. Women were not allowed to study at Harvard until 1920. However, the feet of eight US presidents have trampled on here. John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush and Barack Obama are Harvard alumni. The Harvard lawn connects all of the university's most important buildings. Among them is the northern Memorial Church. By the way, university students can get married there. Provided they book their wedding date before the final exams.
This short walk through Harvard and Cambridge will introduce us to some of the most iconic sites of a renowned world university. First, we learn how the student fraternity introduced a unit of measurement equal to the height of the director of the Institute of Standards. Next, we will visit the most famous bookstore. Next, we will learn how the fate of the ancient tomes and the death of the Titanic are connected. Finally, let's touch on the history of creating a sewing machine and a telephone and end the trip in the town of Watertown - one of the first colonies of New England, notorious for the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon.
