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Harvard’s Most Famous Statue—That Isn’t John Harvard!

August 19, 2016ByteSizeblogger, Blogging, boston, college, culture, destinations, education, harvard, harvarduniversity, instapassport, instatravel, Life, Love, Metaphor, ordinary, peopleoftheworld, statue, story, traveladdict, travelblogger, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, USA, visittheusa, wanderlust

John Harvard sits pretty in Harvard Yard, watching over students and tourists alike. His left shoe gleams, polished by thousands of hopeful hands rubbing it for luck.

But behind the statue lies a story of mistaken identity—actually, two.

First, John Harvard wasn’t the founder of Harvard University, just its most generous early benefactor. And second, when the time came to build the statue, no one knew what he looked like. So, they used the face of another man!

Despite this, the statue is said to be the third most photographed in the US, after the Lincoln Memorial and the Statue of Liberty.

Now that’s an impressive legacy—to become iconic, even when history got the details wrong!

#JohnHarvard #HarvardLegends #StatueWithAStory

January 25, 2016UncategorizedArt, artandculture, charlesdegaulle, eu, europe, france, memory, paris, statue, Travel, travelblogger, travelblogging

Some people stand tall. For generations. They move from being physical entities to entities in the mind. Perhaps standing for far more than what they stood for, when they were alive.
Definitely far more than what a mere statue can do. But a good statue is not a ‘mere’ statue #charlesdegaulle #Paris #statue #art #artandculture ##France #Europe #EU #travel #travelblogger #travelblogging #memory (at Paris, France)

November 29, 2015Uncategorizedarchives, blogger, brussels, europe, History, memory, passion, People, statue, Travel, travelblogger, traveler, Writer

Charles Karel Buls became Mayor of Brussels in 1881 and remained in office until 1899. His statue reminds the casual passerby of his stature, in his intense look and remarkable countenance. He sits close to the Grand Place with a book in hand.
He was a world traveler and writer too. But amongst these tufts of information lie hidden his efforts to bring reform to Brussels.

Several of these changes have changed the contours of the city. Much more than they are recognised now. Such is the nature of passionate work. Results that live on, long after the effort is done.
#traveler #travel #Blogger #travelblogger #Brussels #people #Passion #writer #statue #history #Europe #Memory #archives (at La Grande Place Bruxelles)

October 23, 2015Uncategorizedchampselysee, culture, france, livelihoods, paris, statue, Travel, traveldiaries

Have you played this game called ‘statue’? Where you call out “STATUE” and the other person freezes over.
After 10 seconds you get fidgety. You become present to the itch at the wrong place. Or the right place for that matter. And the STATUE breaks.
For a moment I thought of the game. As we walked down Champs Elysee in Paris and saw this.
How apart we are yet how similar was obvious.
#Paris #ChampsElysee #statue #livelihoods #traveldiaries #travel #France #culture