Communities of students, alumni, and guests commemorate Boston College’s Sesquicentennial Boston College’s 150th anniversary, which has been marked (since the Mass at Fenway Park last fall) by a series of academic symposia bringing eminent visitors to campus, suddenly turned into a celebration of community between February 9 and March 23. The timing was apt, as 2013 progressed toward the anniversary proper, April 1, the date in 1863 when Governor John Andrew signed the school’s act of incorporation. The events that took place in late winter and early spring recognized Boston College’s immigrant roots, tradition of service, and a custom of public performance dating back to the 19th century, when a concert or play could fill 2,000 seats in Boston College Hall in the South End. photographs: Scott Wynn (opposite, right), Justin Knight (opposite, left; and above), Lee Pellegrini (opposite, top; and right)
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