Harvard and the American Revolutionary War

This is a two hour walking tour. Walk the campus of Harvard University, America's oldest institution of higher learning founded in 1636. See the stately architecture in Harvard Yard and see where famous politicians, actors and business people spent their first year as "freshmen". Just across the street from the campus, we begin to see sites relating to the American Revolutionary War. George Washington took command of the American Army on the Cambridge Common in July 1775 and worshipped in the church across the street. Walk along Brattle Street or "Tory Row" with its stately homes, many of which were abandoned by the Loyalist "Tories" at the outbreak of the war in 1774 and 1775 and Washington took the best house for himself! The tour terminates in Harvard Square where there are bookstores, restaurants and coffeeshops for every taste and budget!