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On November 19, 1999, The Arizona Republic released a political cartoon by Steve Benson titled "Texas Bonfire Traditions" that compared the collapse to the Waco siege of 1993 and the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr. [26] This prompted criticism and negative reactions from the Texas A&M community, and the Republic removed the cartoon. People sent ...
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s front page on Nov. 19, 1999, the day after the Texas A&M bonfire collapse, which eventually claimed 12 victims. The collapsed bonfire at Texas A&M in College ...
Aggie Bonfire as it burned in 1989. The Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing annual tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin. [1] [2] For 90 years, Texas A&M students—known as Aggies—built a bonfire on campus each autumn, known to the Aggie community simply as "Bonfire". The event ...
The 1999 Texas football vs Texas A&M game became secondary to the tragedy that stuck when the Aggies' bonfire collapsed, killing more than 10.
Texas A&M University is set to mark 25 years since the log stack collapsed in the early hours of Nov. 18, 1999. It was being built in preparation for the annual bonfire ahead of the Texas A&M-Texas rivalry football game in College Station.
The Aggie Bonfire leadership was composed of Texas A&M University students who were in charge of the construction of Aggie Bonfire, also known as Bonfire. This large bonfire burned on the Texas A&M University campus annually from 1909 until 1999. Since 2003 a bonfire has been burned unofficially off campus, and is known as Student Bonfire.
9. 1999 — Aggies win the Bonfire game. Days after the Bonfire tragedy on the Texas A&M campus, the 24th-ranked Aggies beat No. 7 Texas 20-16 in an emotional game at Kyle Field.
The rally has been held annually, except in 2002 after the death of Texas A&M football player Brandon Fails, and 1999 when the rally's tone was altered in response to the tragedy of the Aggie bonfire collapse; organizers extended an invitation to all Aggies and their friends to the event, which was dubbed a "Unity Gathering." Instead of red ...