Harvard University. Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636, whose history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the world's most prestigious universities. Established originally by the Massachusetts legislature and soon thereafter named for clergyman John Harvard, Harvard is the United States' oldest institution of higher learning, and the Harvard Corporation is its first chartered corporation. Although never formally affiliated with any
It was headquartered in Dallas; Benjamin Franklin Riley, a Baptist clergyman, was superintendent. The national league had been formed in 1895; it was modeled on the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, which was founded in 1893 to fight for laws prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, and sale of all alcoholic beverages.
New England, 2001. Iâm sitting alone on a park bench with my three dogs. Iâm reading âThe ACLU verses Americaâ by Sears and Osten. The ACLU was founded in 1920 by an agnostic named Roger Baldwin who said, âI am for socialism, disarmament and ultimately for abolishing the state itself. â¦ communism is the goalâ (1992 Policy Guide of the ACLU). Baldwinâs family was Unitarian and rejected the deity of Christ. The ACLU pretends to be a great defender of freedom, but it actually works very hard to eliminate our freedoms.