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Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, co-chairman of the 350th undergraduate celebration committee, and the student and alumni members of the committee will make a pilgrimage this afternoon to the church in Charlestown where John Harvard is buried...
City officials also dedicated a park yesterday at the former Charlestown Navy Yard, which is being converted to offices and housing...
Shipyard Park Phase 3, a $2 million project, will add a treelined promenade bordering the present Shipyard Park in the Charlestown section, where the historic USS Constitution is berthed. The project also includes development of a 300-foot-long dock that can accommodate water taxi service in Boston Harbor...
...John Harvard lead a particularlyextraordinary life. While he was a respectedminister, he was not one of the most prominentmembers of his community of Charlestown. In fact,all he did of note was bequeath about 800 poundssterling and his 329-book library to the newcollege in Massachusetts. The gift was unusual,for in the seven-teenth century, the tradition wasfor such donations to go to the church...
...Harvards settled in Charlestown, Mass., andJohn began preaching at his local church. Mosthistorians believe he was a teaching elder or aclergyman, although the only surviving document inCharlestown calls him a "Sometime Minister ofGod's word here...