In 1978, Patrick Moriarty was in his first year of teaching science to ninth graders. He told them that there would be a solar eclipse across their location in Upstate New York on April 8, 2024. Moriarty proposed that they reunite at that time to watch the event together and renewed that invitation for his new students for the next 16 years.
Now, 46 years later, about 100 of these now-adults gathered together at Moriarty's home to get reacquainted, remember old times, and enjoy the celestial mystery unfold in the daytime sky. You can see photos of this gathering at the Democrat & Chronicle.
-via My Modern Met
