Seguin preparing for Great American Solar Eclipse

Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today
Cindy Aguirre

Library, parks available for gathering
(Seguin) — The Seguin Public Library doesn’t want you to stop by today for some free glasses. It wants you to come out and watch today’s Great American Solar Eclipse as a community.

Library Director Silvia Christy says the library has been preparing a long time for today’s Solar Eclipse Watch Party. She says no matter what happens here in Seguin, they will make sure that folks are witness to this rare natural phenomenon.

“We will have free eclipse glasses that we will distribute starting at noon while supplies last. We will host the event from 12 to 2 p.m. and people can come in and enjoy the breath-taking view of the near total eclipse. We are going to have games; shop art and we are going to have a live stream of the eclipse in case inclement weather in our community meeting room.

Christy says although the near total eclipse in Seguin will only take a few minutes, Seguin is invited to spend the rest of the time having fun.

“We are also going to hand out tickets for a chance to win a telescope. We are going to have a drawing that day to celebrate this great event. We are going to have snacks for people who come in. Those are going to be space themed snacks. We are also going to have commemorative buttons. We are going to have a lot of things that we are going to raffle, stickers all sorts of things for kids to enjoy and the adults that come with them,” said Christy.

Christy says the city has been working to prepare the community for this event. And as the library, they couldn’t afford having people miss out on the learning opportunity.

I know that we are not going to be the only ones. I know the parks department as well as Main Street  Main Street has  been distributing glasses and the parks department has been inviting people to come into the parks and view the eclipse as well. But for us, it’s very important because again, it’s an education event but if we can make it fun at the same time, we can reach more kids, more adults and make this event a community event and inviting them to come in and enjoy it in a safe place is very important as well,” said Christy.

Again, glasses will be given out on a first come, first serve basis beginning at noon. Attendees are also encouraged to share a pair so that as many people as possible can view the eclipse.

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