Students and staff clean the Bonfire Memorial with cleaning supplies and ladders.

Bonfire Memorial Cleaning 2024

Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 | 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (2-hour time slots available)
Bonfire Memorial Site at Texas A&M University, History Walk/Spirit Ring

*If it rains on Nov. 8, the cleaning will happen on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024

Help the staff of the Texas A&M University Art Galleries clean and preserve the Bonfire Memorial, dedicated to the memories of the 12 Aggies who lost their lives in the Bonfire collapse of 1999. This annual cleaning takes place every November.

All students and community members are invited to participate by signing up for one or more time slots. No experience necessary. Supplies will be provided.

Volunteers should wear comfortable clothing, which might get dirty and/or wet. This activity might include some crouching, stooping, and/or climbing on a ladder, but all abilities are welcome.

Female student is cleaning a portal, looking up at the artistic rendering of the Aggie it memorializes.

NOTE: The Monday, Nov. 11 time slots are only in the event of rain on the Nov. 8 cleaning day.