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Harvard commencement has a peal

By adamg on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 7:31am

The Harvard Gazette tells the story of some of the church bells across Cambridge that will be rung this morning after Harvard commencement.

The bells will begin to ring at 11:30 a.m., just after the sheriff of Middlesex County declares the Commencement Exercises adjourned. They will ring for approximately 15 minutes.

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Comments

By penguin_berry on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 9:55am.

They know some of us work in cambridge right?

By BostonDog on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 12:28pm.

Not that any of us are given the choice

By Mister Harumph on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 10:11pm.

Perfect! Bells pealing followed shortly by a fly-by of fighter jets.

By Melissa. on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 1:02pm.

Are the bells really that loud that 15 minutes is going to cause you a huge hassle?

By anon on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 2:09pm.

I hear them daily at the top of every hour in the Fenway

By anon on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 1:25pm.

happens every year. I wish I was close enough to hear it. My college did something similar and I found it lovely, personally.

By anon on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 5:12pm.

Must be rough for you... the sound of bells for 15 minutes once per year.

By anon on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 8:08pm.

What's really annoying is the church bell in Harvard Yard, which rings for 10 minutes at 7:45 every day.

By Ha Ha on Tue, 06/02/2015 - 10:39am.

How dare they inconvenience us!! Sure they went to school for four years and made a huge personal and financial sacrifice... But what about me! The audacity to ring a bell during business hours.

By anon on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 11:22am.

Love the sound of bells. Beautiful.

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 11:29am.

Strange that they would pre-announce it.