Saturday marks the 24th anniversary of the bonfire tragedy at Texas A&M. Everyone knows about the magnificent Bonfire Memorial on campus, but did you know another set of memorials is located in College Station’s beautiful Brison Park? Continue reading Decades later, Brison Park’s bonfire memorial continues to pay tribute to the fallen Aggies
The College Station Parks and Recreation Department likes to think it has something to offer everyone, but that wasn’t always the case. In honor of Park and Recreation Month, let’s examine our history and see how far we’ve come. Continue reading CS Parks and Recreation offers something for everyone today, but that wasn’t always the case
Friday marks the 23rd anniversary of the bonfire tragedy at Texas A&M. Everyone knows about the magnificent Bonfire Memorial on campus, but did you know another set of memorials is located in a College Station park? Continue reading Decades later, Brison Park’s bonfire memorial continues to pay tribute to the fallen Aggies
By Jay Socol, Public Communications Director
Before and after. Then and now.
There are a handful of events in our lives that are so significant that our perspectives forever change because of them. In the history of Texas A&M, two of these examples are when women were officially admitted, and when Aggie Bonfire collapsed.
It’s been 15 years since the latter — a tragedy that took the lives of 12 Aggies and injured 27, caught the attention of the world, and signaled the end of a campus tradition that dated back nearly a century.
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