MEMORIAL HALL - SANDERS THEATER
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Memorial Hall, which honors Harvard alumni who fought for the Union during the Civil War in Cambridge
The Memorial Hall is an imposing Victorian Gothic style building completed in 1877. It is located near the north entrance to Harvard Yard. The Memorial Hall honours Harvard alumni who fought for the Union during the Civil War (1861-1865), and includes several areas including the Sanders Theater, a 1,100-seat amphitheatre-style theatre. Christopher Wren's superb Sheldonian Theatre, built in 1664 in the English city of Oxford, served as the inspiration for its construction. Great political figures of the 19th and 20th centuries held conferences there, the most prestigious being Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt. In addition to university courses, lectures and ceremonies, the theatre regularly hosts shows and performances by Harvard students or by the city's renowned associations, such as the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Chamber Music Society. The venue is renowned for its excellent acoustics. On each side of the stage is a statue: the one on the left represents James Otis, the prosecutor who challenged the Writ of Assistance imposed by the British crown, and the one on the right represents Josiah Quincy III, former mayor of Boston and president of Harvard. Don't miss the Athena Tying a Mourning Fillet stained glass window by John LaFarge.
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