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Harvard UniversityCambridge, MassachusettsFounded in 1636, Harvard is America's oldest institute of higher learning and one of the country's most prestigious universities. Among the illustrious alumni are civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois, philosopher Henry David Thoreau, writer Gertrude Stein, composer Leonard Bernstein, cellist Yo Yo Ma and seven U.S. presidents
Any visitor is welcome to join one of the free campus tours offered by the Events & Information Center. The tours leave the center in the Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue. |