Scenes From Princeton’s 2021 Bonfire

When the Tigers beat both Harvard and Yale in football, Princeton throws a bonfire. The last — pre-pandemic — bonfire was in 2018, and this year’s on Nov. 21 drew an enormous crowd to Cannon Green. In this photo, students prepare the bonfire.

Many messages to Harvard and Yale appear on the pallets to be burned.

Students unpack T-shirts.

The band, singers, and student leaders lead the crowd in singing “Old Nassau” at the end of the bonfire.

Class year banners hang around Cannon Green.

A view of the crowd and the bonfire from the Whig building steps

The tiger waves from the Whig steps. Both Whig and Clio were lit up in orange.

Students snag a good view from the back of Nassau Hall.