Harvard Commencement: July 6, 1692
from Salem Witch Trials Daily Hosted by Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack
Harvard Commencement Day Amid the Salem Witch Trials | July 6, 1692We take you to Cambridge on Wednesday, July 6, 1692—Harvard College commencement day—when hundreds, including the governor and other dignitaries, gathered to watch six young men receive their bachelor’s degrees. Among them was Zachariah Alden, son of witchcraft suspect Captain John Alden, linking the world of elite colonial education to the rising Salem Witch Trials panic. As the day continues, master’s graduates are awarded their degrees in the afternoon, and the evening culminates with a fancy dinner supplied by the graduates for college officials and distinguished guests, offering a vivid glimpse of Massachusetts Bay ceremony and social power during a tense summer.00:00 Welcome and Hosts00:09 Harvard Commencement Day00:22 Zachariah Alden Spotlight00:31 Degrees and Dinner Finale
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