Word: graveyard
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...early presidents of Harvard College are buried in the graveyard of the First Parish Church. The inscription on their tombs are rapidly becoming illegible, and the Memorial Society has decided to place bronze tablets on the graves, practically repeating the old inscriptions. One will be placed this year on the tomb of Urian Oakes, the fourth President, as this inscription is at present in the worst repair. Urian Oakes was Acting-President from 1675 to 1679, and President from 1679 until his death...