Johnston Gate
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The Johnston Gate is one of the several entrances to
Massachusetts Avenue, from which Peabody Street diverges nearby) just north of Harvard Square
. Costing some $10,000, it was the gift of Samuel Johnston (Harvard College class of 1855).
Each
Harvard Commencement Day for several hundred years, the sheriffs of Middlesex and Suffolk Counties have arrived at Harvard Yard on horseback, preparatory to the Middlesex Sheriff's ritual calling of the celebrants to order. It has become traditional for them to enter via the Johnston Gate.[1][2]
Tablets flanking the gate's exterior
References
- ^ Sweeney, Sarah (May 26, 2010). "Commencement wonderment". Harvard Gazette.
- ^ Cromie, William J. (May 31, 2007). "Commencement feasting, customs, color date to medieval Europe". Harvard Gazette.
