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Valley Forge Hosting Special Solar Eclipse Viewing Event

Park staff will be on hand with a telescope, eclipse glasses, games for children, and more.

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Valley Forge will host a special eclipse viewing event on April 8.
Valley Forge will host a special eclipse viewing event on April 8. (Shutterstock)

VALLEY FORGE, PA — Valley Forge National Historical Park will host special programming during the upcoming solar eclipse.

The event will take place on Monday, April 8 at the Wayne's Woods picnic area from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Park staff will be on hand with eclipse glasses, games for children, Junior Ranger Explorer booklets and badges, crafts for kids, and more.

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Volunteers with the Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers will also have a solar telescope on hand.

And Park ranger Steve Walter will give a talk about historical eclipses seen by the Continental Army in Jan. 1777 and June 1778.

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