| no one on the Harvard or Yale rowing teams died in the Civil War Don't know know about the rowing team per se, but one of the most important buildings at Harvard is Memorial Hall, which was built to memorialize Harvard students who died in the Civil War fighting for the Union[0]. More info on those casualties[1]: The walls of the Memorial Hall Transept hold 28 white marble tablets bearing the names of 136 Harvard associates who fell on behalf of the United States Army and Navy during the Civil War. The youngest, Sumner Paine, class of 1865, fell at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, two years before his intended graduation. The Paul Joseph Revere (plaque 5) listed is the grandson of the famous Paul Revere. (And, if you look at the names listed on the plaques, you'll see "Revere" isn't the only prominent family-name represented). And, another even more central building, is Memorial Church, which was built as a memorial to graduates who died fighting in World War I[2] and which also commemorates casualties of WWII and other later wars. [0] https://websites.harvard.edu/memhall/home-2/buildings/histor... [1] https://websites.harvard.edu/memhall/home-2/buildings/memori... [2] https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/history-0 |