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===Reveille cemetery=== [[File:The Reveille Gravesites.JPG|thumb|left|Reveille cemetery as seen from Kyle Field]] When the first Aggie mascot, [[Reveille (dog)|Reveille]], died, she was buried at the north end of Kyle Field so that the score of the Aggie football games was always visible from the site. Subsequent Reveilles were buried alongside her. Construction of the Bernard C. Richardson Zone disrupted the mascot graves, so the graves were temporarily moved across the street from the stadium. Following the completion of the addition, an improved graveyard was dedicated directly outside the Zone and a small electronic scoreboard was mounted on the Zone so that the score would remain visible.<ref name="grave" >{{cite web |title=Reveille, First Lady of A&M|work=RoadsideAmerica.com|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/reveille.html|access-date=February 28, 2007}}</ref> Traditionally, when a current or former Reveille died, a military funeral was held at Kyle Field. Over 10,000 people attended the service for Reveille IV.<!--<ref name="The Batt"/>--><ref name="rev" >{{cite web |title=Traditions 101|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/08/22/Aggielife/Traditions.101-2933871.shtml?xmlsyn=1|newspaper=[[The Battalion]]|location=Texas A&M University|date=August 22, 2007|access-date=February 28, 2007}}</ref> In 2013, Reveille VII, who was retired in May 2008, was given a toned-down memorial service at Reed Arena, rather than a funeral service.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aggie Family Says Goodbye to Reveille VII at Memorial Service|first=Andrea|last=Salazar|url=http://www.theeagle.com/news/a_m/article_86fe33c1-bf7e-54ad-ba30-5f8c036005d4.html|newspaper=[[The Bryan-College Station Eagle]]|date=September 7, 2013|access-date=February 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Aggies to Say Goodbye to Reveille VII at Friday Memorial|first=Allen|last=Reed|url=http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_b7d8589b-3786-5c8c-8396-a389a61a5b7a.html|newspaper=[[The Bryan-College Station Eagle]]|date=September 3, 2013|access-date=February 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite news |title=Reveille VII to Be Honored at More Modest Memorial Service|first=Allen|last=Reed|url=http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_4249e6fb-50d1-5b9e-9da3-0b16b2375170.html|newspaper=[[The Bryan-College Station Eagle]]|date=August 28, 2013|access-date=February 19, 2014}}</ref> According to the Commandant of the Corps, as she is a dog, not a person, he did not believe a 21-gun salute or the playing of "Taps" was appropriate, although he had no involvement in the planning of the memorial service.<ref name=":9" /> Some fans were displeased with the changes.<ref name=":9" /> It was also announced that the bodies of the previous Reveilles will be exhumed as part of the Kyle Field renovations and relocated across the street, similar to what was done in the previous renovations.<ref name=":9" />
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