The Year Bonfire Didn’t Burn

November 16, 2015

Photo by Photo by: Alexis Will

The only year Bonfire did not burn outside the 1999 Collapse was in 1963, when the student body canceled Burn to honor John F. Kennedy.

A clip taken from the Friday, November 22, 1963 edition of The Battalion.

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A clip taken from the Friday, November 22, 1963 edition of The Battalion.

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A clip taken from the Friday, November 22, 1963 edition of The Battalion.

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A clip taken from the Friday, November 22, 1963 edition of The Battalion.

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A clip taken from the Friday, November 22, 1963 edition of The Battalion.

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A clip taken from the Friday, November 22, 1963 edition of The Battalion.

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A clip taken from the Friday, November 22, 1963 edition of The Battalion.

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