University Of Arizona For Homecoming

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Every year thousands of students, parents, alumni and other participants come back to the University of Arizona for Homecoming weekend. This eventful get together consists of class reunions, the Homecoming football game, dinners, celebrations and many other gatherings with the Wildcat family. 92 years and counting, homecoming has been a tradition of the University, which allows anybody involved or who was involved with U of A to join. This annual event has plenty of history contributing to the gathering of thousands of people each year to celebrate it. In 1914, The University of Arizona held its first Homecoming after the football team beat Pomona College in front of thousands of fans. Ever since that first football game, The Wildcats

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