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University of Texas / Texas A&M Football Game |
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Date: |
25-Nov-00 |
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Location: |
UT Memorial Stadium, Austin TX |
| Description: |
This event is a rededication of Memorial Stadium on the UT
campus in honor of Mr. Louis Jordan, a WW-1 veteran. Mr. Jordan was
from Fredericksburg, TX and an engineering student at UT when WW-1 broke
out. He went to war and was the first United States officer to be
killed. The rededication was a result of stadium renovations which required
movement of the original 100' flagpole to a new location. During the
ceremony, a 48 star flag was raised to full-staff, then half-staff while a
group of local reenactment specialists (including our own members John K
and Scott S) dressed in period correct WW-1 uniforms fired a 21 gun
salute. Moments later, a flight of four F-16 fighters screamed over
the stadium.
As for the football game, each year, Texas plays Texas A&M in one of the countries
rivalry games. The club was asked to provide vehicles and members in
uniform to assist with the rededication ceremonies. For this
event, we had Greg B's 1942 GPW, John K's 1945 MB and Scott S's 1953
M38A1. Scott S (another "S") was also present for the
activities and participated in the rededication ceremonies. |
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Here's my jeep out front of
Memorial Stadium before the game... |
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And here is a fellow club
members '42 script Ford (l), my M38A1 (c) and another members '45 MB (r) |
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The WWI reenactors firing their
authentic M1903 Springfield rifles. Note the 48 star flag in the
background. |
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Here come the University of
Texas Longhorns before the game! |
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John K, a member in his WWI
uniform, 48 star flag in back... |
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BEVO, the UT mascot... |
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Old Smokey, the UT Spirit
Cannon... |
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The scoreboard with a minute or
so to go. UT 43 - A&M 17 |
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A&M's mascot, Revelle after
the game was over... |
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