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Following yesterday’s Baccalaureate and separate graduations, the College today held its Class Day as did other schools across the University and recognized Harvard’s 2021 ROTC contingent.
A year after (remotely) welcoming Conan O’Brien ’85 to speak to the Class of 2020, the College today featured former Crimson and NBA star Jeremy Lin ’10, who in addition to his continuing basketball career has become a leading voice in opposition to discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans in the United States. Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Gottlieb professor of law, was the guest speaker for the Law School’s Class Day program.
The conferring of degrees is a critical rite of passage for any graduating student, but for those who are also members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), the week of Harvard Commencement ceremonies brings an additional milestone: the commissioning service.
This year 11 members of the Harvard Class of 2021 will take their oaths as new military officers during small, in-person services attended by a few select family members and friends. The combined U.S. Army/U.S. Air Force event will take place at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts, while the U.S. Navy ceremony will unfold on the deck of the U.S.S. Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat, docked in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Both events will be livestreamed on Facebook.
USS Constitution goes underway for first time in more than a year Share Updated: 3:36 PM EDT May 21, 2021
USS Constitution goes underway for first time in more than a year Share Updated: 3:36 PM EDT May 21, 2021
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 3:36 PM EDT May 21, 2021 The USS Constitution went underway Friday from Charlestown Navy Yard for the first time in more than a year. The underway featured demonstrations on climbing, firing a 19th century, 24-pound long gun and using shipboard weaponry, and it ended with a 21-gun salute.USS Constitution fired an additional 17-gun salute as she passes U.S. Coast Guard Sector Boston, the former site of the Edmund Hartt’s Shipyard, where USS Constitution was built and launched on Oct. 21, 1797. USS Constitution’s underway was viewable from the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island and Charlestown Navy Yard. The ship will reopen to the public for tours after the underway from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. N