March 13 in American History
The colonial college founded three years earlier in Massachusetts was named for John Harvard, a young minister who left it his library and half his estate. As the first institution of higher learning in the colonies, it began the American tradition of building schools almost as soon as there were towns to hold them.
In 1639: Harvard College is named. The colonial college founded three years earlier in Massachusetts was named for John Harvard, a young minister who left it his library and half his estate.
The colonial college founded three years earlier in Massachusetts was named for John Harvard, a young minister who left it his library and half his estate. As the first institution of higher learning in the colonies, it began the American tradition of building schools almost as soon as there were towns to hold them.
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