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...years ago, when Aimee Gelnaw and her partner Margie Brickley first took their son Zach, now 17, to Provincetown, Mass., the reception they got from beachgoers in the gay summer resort town was distinctly chilly. The Gelnaw-Brickleys still vacation in Provincetown, but now they beach, bike and attend social and educational events with hundreds of other families that look a lot like theirs. Provincetown's annual Family Week, launched in 1995 with 45 families, draws more than 400 each August...
During this time period, Harvard carried two national titles while being led by Charlie Brickley '15. To this day, he is the Crimson's all-time scoring leader, having finished with 215 points, including 23 touchdowns. Even if his numbers are surpassed, one stat never will: Brickley never lost a game...
...that 1914 season which exemplified Brickley's greatness? The captain of the Crimson eleven, Brickley was kept off the gridiron early in the season by an inflamed appendix. Nevertheless, he returned for The Game and booted the final extra point of the 36-0 defeat of the Elis, extending Harvard's unbeaten streak to 26 games to close his career. Or was it proved during the Yale showdown the year before? Harvard had never won at the Yale Bowl and had never beaten the Elis twice...
Since the Crimson won in 1912, it had the chance to exorcise both demons. Brickley completed the task almost singlehandedly...
Just as Charlie Brickley overcame the ghosts of the past, so will Mike Giardi. With one more surge into the Cornell end zone this Saturday, he will be alone at the top of the record books and entrenched in the lore of Harvard...