On Saturday afternoons in Clemson, more than 80,000 fans will cheer on their Tigers in a place they like to call Death Valley. The game day atmosphere, pageantry and traditions make Clemson one of the nation’s best destinations on a college football Saturday.
However, the real name to the place the Clemson Tigers call home is Memorial Stadium, named such in memory of the 493 Clemson alumni that made the ultimate sacrifice for our country while serving to protect our freedoms in wars ranging for World War I through the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
When Clemson opened its doors in 1893, it started as a small agricultural and mechanical school.