August 21, 2017
It was a remarkable day - words like awesome, incredible, magnificent were uttered . Folks traveled via train and plane; some caravanned crowded highways and byways, driving hundreds of miles with motor home, motorcycle or van to reach the best location to witness Totality; the Great American Solar Eclipse . Many more stayed home with their extra special eclipse glasses close at hand, ready to gaze up at the sun.
The last total solar eclipse spanning the US from coast to coast was June 8, 1918. President Woodrow Wilson was president, World War I was still engaged and the first U.S. case of what was to become the Flu Pandemic of 1918 had already been confirmed in Kansas . In other headlines were stories about a US Naval boat, Cycups disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle, the Russian Bolshevik party being renamed the Communist party, debates about prohibition , and whether women should have the right to vote (President Wilson was opposed). I'm sure Americans in 1918 , not unlike Americans today got caught up in the excitement of such an extrodinary event because it was so extraordinary ;
it was also a unifying national event that gave relief from the strife and angst reported daily in the news.
Scientists will study the 2017 eclipse event for years to come . And for many of us , we'll recall exactly where we were when we wore those special shades to stare up at the sky watching the
Eclipse of the sun , and how for a brief time on that amazing day no angry words were
spoken , no unruly dissension , people gathered and talked together without contempt for one
another , or their differing opinions ; political adversaries stopped being adversarial and Cable
news commentators weren't riling people up with their pointed propaganda.
Something special happened in our country, and we were all part of it; Every creed, color, race and nationality. Young and old. Rich, and the not so rich. On the day of the Great American Solar Eclipse , citizens from sea to shining sea were filled with a joyful anticipation and excitement. We became lighthearted and happy. We were having fun.
.
* A special thank you to Josie Chapin, Phyllis Christy, Lauri Cooney, Bill and Joyce Eltz,
Brian Frazier, Norma Sawdy, and the Seattle Seahawks for sharing their 'Eclipse' day photos
It was a remarkable day - words like awesome, incredible, magnificent were uttered . Folks traveled via train and plane; some caravanned crowded highways and byways, driving hundreds of miles with motor home, motorcycle or van to reach the best location to witness Totality; the Great American Solar Eclipse . Many more stayed home with their extra special eclipse glasses close at hand, ready to gaze up at the sun.
The last total solar eclipse spanning the US from coast to coast was June 8, 1918. President Woodrow Wilson was president, World War I was still engaged and the first U.S. case of what was to become the Flu Pandemic of 1918 had already been confirmed in Kansas . In other headlines were stories about a US Naval boat, Cycups disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle, the Russian Bolshevik party being renamed the Communist party, debates about prohibition , and whether women should have the right to vote (President Wilson was opposed). I'm sure Americans in 1918 , not unlike Americans today got caught up in the excitement of such an extrodinary event because it was so extraordinary ;
it was also a unifying national event that gave relief from the strife and angst reported daily in the news.
Scientists will study the 2017 eclipse event for years to come . And for many of us , we'll recall exactly where we were when we wore those special shades to stare up at the sky watching the
Eclipse of the sun , and how for a brief time on that amazing day no angry words were
spoken , no unruly dissension , people gathered and talked together without contempt for one
another , or their differing opinions ; political adversaries stopped being adversarial and Cable
news commentators weren't riling people up with their pointed propaganda.
Something special happened in our country, and we were all part of it; Every creed, color, race and nationality. Young and old. Rich, and the not so rich. On the day of the Great American Solar Eclipse , citizens from sea to shining sea were filled with a joyful anticipation and excitement. We became lighthearted and happy. We were having fun.
.
* A special thank you to Josie Chapin, Phyllis Christy, Lauri Cooney, Bill and Joyce Eltz,
Brian Frazier, Norma Sawdy, and the Seattle Seahawks for sharing their 'Eclipse' day photos
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