Bonfire Memorial Downloads and Media

Below you’ll find links to material and media relating to the Bonfire Memorial.

Web:

• Texas Monthly Articles
  • “Ring of Fire” – It was one of the most passionately observed traditions on any college campus in the country. Then, on November 18, 1999, a week before it was scheduled to burn, the Texas A&M Bonfire collapsed in the middle of the night, killing twelve Aggies. Ten years later, as the university continues to wrestle with the tragedy—and debate whether Bonfire should ever return to campus—the students and alumni who chopped logs, hauled timber, and built stack talk about what they saw, what they lost, and how their school was changed forever.
  • “Aggie Muster” –  By the time Overland’s design to build the Bonfire Memorial was chosen, Bob Shemwell and his team had eighteen months to create a budget, hammer out the portals, create an underground support system, and immortalize twelve kids.

Print:

• Bonfire Memorial Brochure
• Bonfire Remembrance Event Poster 12×18

Video:

• Bonfire Memorial Video – YouTube (5:43)
• Bonfire Remembrance Video “We Remember 11-18-99” – YouTube (9:14)