John Harvard Statue

John Harvard Statue is a outdoor sculpture Mid-Cambridge Cambridge located in United States.

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Harvard Yard Cambridge , MA 02138 United States

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HISTORY

This monument , created in honor of the university 's first benefactor , John Harvard, is a frequent target of pranks, hacks, and humorous decorations from Harvard students .

CityRover Media

John Harvard was the first private benefactor, bequeathing half of his estate and his entire library to the “College” in 1638, which is when the “College” was promptly renamed to Harvard College. Read more

Kyle de Beausset

A note to tourists : do not touch John Harvard's lucky toe. Harvard students like to urinate on it.

Ovgu C. O.

First touch the foot, then get your picture taken with the John Harvard Statue.

Brenden Chandler

It was very small, kinda hard to take a photo without people in the way.

Quinn Cotchett

3rd most photographed statue in the US behind the Statue of Liberty and the Lincoln Memorial

Léna Le Rolland

good luck to actually see the dude, always surrounded by a thousand tourists

Dean Tsouvalas

There are 3 things wrong about the statue . Do you know what they are?

Harvard University

Get your picture taken with the statue of John Harvard, Harvard's first benefactor , and rub his left foot for good luck . Read more

Ashley Ibonia

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Hard Rocker

Three mistakes about the statue .

Ahmed Elaghoury

Rub the left foot to get photo

Matthew Kurňava

Rub the foot bro

James Gooch

Rub the shoes !

Nadia Swan

Touched the shoe for good luck.

J.A. C.M.

Really, rub foot for Good Luck !

Nick Banks

It's not just Harvard students who mark it ....

SidJacks

They say not to touch the foot yet every kid grabs on tight! Lmao

Baratunde

Please touch the foot. Sure Harvard students urinate on it, but you'll be touching really smart HARVARD urine. Do it.

Rodrigo Silveira

He's not John Harvard and he didn't found Harvard... Curious data

Steven Elliott

Perhaps touch the foot. If you feel like it. Free will.

Ben Friedman

Rub left foot .

Kleber Souza

Touch or don't touch in foot? I didn't touch.

Jemmy Aryandi

get your pictur in john harvard,,,,,

Jeph Chen

Dunno about rubbing his foot..... but definitely don't lick it

Noinaz Min

touch his foot for good luck . :)

agus musthofa

Touch the foot!!

Terrence

lick the foot.. it's fine

Re Alvarez

Touch the foot!!

Sheyla Abdul

Don't touch the foot! zzzzz

Adam Wright

Don't touch the foot!

Joshua Dunn

Rub foot for Good Luck !

Luis Felipe Rivera

No olviden tocar el Zapato de Harvard, es de buena suerte!!!

Moon ????

Tocale el pie !!

Mustafa Kemal Dinçer

Harvard üniversitesine gidince John Harvard heykeli ile bir fotograf cekinmek adettenmiş.

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