2.  Harvard’s colors are crimson, black and white.  Their mascot is John Harvard, since he was the principal benefactor of Harvard University.  The teams go by “Crimson” or “The Harvard Crimson” GO HARVARD!!!!

4. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is only a short distance away from Boston, M.A. The population of Cambridge is 105,162. Harvard was established in 1636.

5. Ryan Fitzpatrick was born on November 24 th, 1982 He currently plays on the Buffalo Bills and was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of 2005 NFL draft While he was at Harvard he played on the football team Ryan is the quarterback for the Bills and is number 14

7. Matt Birk was born on July 23 rd, 1976 He was originally on the Minnesota Vikings. Now he plays on the Ravens After attending Harvard, he was drafted by the Vikings in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL draft Matt plays center for the Ravens and is number 77

9. John F. Kennedy was born on May 29 th, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts and he has nine siblings He graduated from Harvard in 1940 John was the 35 th president until he was assassinated on November 22 nd, 1963

11. The “Veritas” on the Harvard shield means, truth

12. In the year 1920, Harvard’s library held 1,127,500 volumes John Sassamon, a Massachuset Indian, was the first Native American to study at Harvard and that was in 1953