Muster

We went to Aggie Muster in Uvalde this year. I had never actually been to one before. It's supposed to be the greatest of the Texas A&M traditions

"If there is an Aggie in one-hundred miles of you, you are expected to get together, eat a little, and live over the days you spent at the A&M College of Texas."

Aggie Muster is a time-honored tradition which celebrates the camaraderie of the school while remembering the lives of Aggies who have died, specifically those in the past year. Every year Aggies gather together, eat, and then a roll call is read of the Aggies that have died that year. Aggies light candles, and friends and families of Aggies who died that year answer “here” when the name of their loved one is “called”. Campus muster also serves as a 50th year class reunion for the corresponding graduating class. 

We made it for the eating part, but speakers hadn't even started yet by 8 pm on a school night, so we had to leave before our children turned into gremlins. 

Softly call the Muster, let comrade answer 'Here'..."