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au67
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War Eagle?????
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9/19/2006 3:44:40 PM
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From the summer issue of Auburn Magazine:
The words have been uttered at football games, in passing on city streets, during church services and, on at least one occasion, from a patient on the operating table. Although the tradition may have been born as a way to pep up crowds of spectators, "War Eagle" has evolved into an all-purpose greeting among AU fans, like "aloha" in Hawaii. The phrase can mean "hello," "goodbye," or "@&#% the Tide," creating an instant bond between pairs of total strangers.
According to folklore, the battle cry was first uttered about the time the institution was founded. A wounded Confederate survivor of a Civil War skirmish stumbled across the battlefield and discovered an injured eagle. The soldier, upon later joining the former East Alabama Male College as a faculty member, brought the bird to campus, and it became a de facto mascot. When, on the day of AU's first football game in 1892, the avian emissary soared over the field, inspired fans began shouting encouragement to the "war eagle." In at least one version of the story, the raptor fell dead from its last stressful flight ---- but the "war eagle" spirit lived on.
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