Showing posts with label Muster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muster. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

Virtual-Aggie Muster






Softly Call the Muster.....


Tonite was an awesome night to be an Aggie in SL! We had a solemn, but informative "Muster" program for Aggies and guests. We learned about the history of the Aggie Muster and we held our candles high and remembered those who left us this past year.


Following Muster, we had a "Celebrate Life" dance at the new Aggie property...I filled in as DJ. We had lots of great music and dancing....and we raised another 5000+ Lindens tonite for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life (RFL) as the Texas Aggie RFL team.

Click the link above to see the great pictures that the Relay for Life photographer put in Flickr also!






--Rachelle

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Remembering the Fallen











With such a tragic week in our Nation, it is with a heavy heart I look upon flags flying "half mass" for the fallen at Virginia Tech. The tragedy is incomprehensible. At this site, I see the announcement to remember the Aggie Muster.

The "Muster" at Texas A&M is a long-standing tradition. According to the university website, "it is uniquely American, uniquely Texan and most certainly uniquely Aggie - a most fitting tradition for a uniquely American institution. Held each April 21 in approximately 320 locations around the world, Muster is one of Texas A&M's most solemn and visible traditions...In each of those locations, it is a time set aside to honor the memory of Aggies from that area who have died since the last Muster ceremony. No matter where Aggies are, whether they are as few as two or as many as the thousands, they come together each April for Muster."
See http://www.tamu.edu/home/spotlight/muster.html
If you want to join with me for remembering the fallen, IM me in SL.
-Rachelle Munro