{"id":68550,"date":"2025-11-28T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/68550\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:10:08","slug":"lone-star-showdown-texas-am-corps-of-cadets-march-on-south-congress-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/68550\/","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star Showdown: Texas A&#038;M Corps of Cadets March on South Congress Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The Lone Star Showdown returns to Austin and besides the game there will be a Texas A&amp;M tradition.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/march.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/corps.tamu.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/11\/texas-am-corps-of-cadets-to-conduct-march-in-austin-ahead-of-the-lone-star-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Texas A&amp;M Corps of Cadets will march<\/a> down South Congress Avenue beginning at 1 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The march will go past a reviewing stand located at Congress and 7th Street.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">It will end at Congress and West 11th Street.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The cadets last marched through Austin in 2010.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The march will include 2,400-plus members of the Corps of Cadets, the Fightin\u2019 Texas Aggie Band, Texas A&amp;M\u2019s mascot, Reveille X, and Parsons Mounted Cavalry.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The Corps of Cadets dates its origins to the establishment of Texas A&amp;M in 1876.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">As the Keepers of The Spirit and the Guardians of Tradition, members of the Corps play a key role in upholding several Texas A&amp;M traditions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The Corps of Cadets is considered one of the nation\u2019s most unique leadership development programs and is home to students from all majors, interests and backgrounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The university says that though the Corps experience is deeply rooted in its iconic, military-based cultural model, the skills that cadets develop in the program are applicable in every professional environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from Texas A&amp;M Corps of Cadets.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/education\/texas-am\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M University<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; 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