Monday, August 06, 2018

Duke University


Duke University is one of a handful of American universities that were privately founded by families with lots of money, who wanted to make a difference and leave a lasting legacy.  Legacy is how you are remembered, in Duke's case the family is remembered as being committed to world class higher education - not the source of the money - tobacco.

 The centerpiece of the campus, and symbol along with the Blue Devil is the chapel.  Though it looks much older, construction started in 1930 and it was completed in 1932.  It is a lot of stone to cut and set in two years.  



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5 comments:

  1. Linda8/06/2018

    That's beautiful.

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  2. anne marie in philly8/06/2018

    looks VERY european in design. how many people died from their cancer sticks to build that church?

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    1. WARPed8/07/2018

      'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings;
      Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'

      Smoke 'em if you got 'em!

      :-)

      -Andy

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  3. BethB from Indiana8/06/2018

    My dad went to Duke Divinity School for his PhD in the late 1940s. Never thought about the tobacco connection.

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  4. Moving with Mitchell8/06/2018

    Pretty amazing.

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