Today is Groundhog Day! Sadly Phil saw his shadow which means 6 more weeks of winter. Groundhog Day is one of the best random days of the year. But when did it all start?
The first one was way back in 1887 at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsatawney, PA. Prior to 1993, the Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney was kind of small and only attracted crowds of about 2,000 people. Then when the movie “Groundhog Day” came out with Bill Murray, the celebration blew up and made it much more popular. Since then the crowds are now between 10,000 and 20,000. With the exception of last year, when it was closed off due to the ongoing pandemic.
This year the big crowds seemed to be back.
One of these years I’m going. In 2024 it’s a Friday. Maybe then.