Aggie Bonfire
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aggie-bonfire-185-15267963
title:
Aggie Bonfire
text:
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. 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 symbolized Aggie students' "burning desire to beat the hell outta t.u.", a derogatory nickname for the University of Texas. The bonfire was traditionally lit around Thanksgiving in conjunction with fest
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Former tradition at Texas A&M University
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggie_Bonfire
date created:
2004-03-06T01:51:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T00:52:30Z
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