MCPL Wausau to offer educational talk about 1919 solar eclipse

MARATHON CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY

The public is invited to the Marathon County Public Library for a talk by Dr. Aaron Steffen on one of the most famous eclipses in history, the 1919 solar eclipse! The educational presentation will be held on March 27 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the library’s Wausau Headquarters, 300 N. First St., Wausau.

Steffen is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the UW-Stevens Point at Wausau campus, and the former director of its planetarium. He’ll share the story of the 1919 solar eclipse that was used to verify the predictions of Albert Einstein’s famed General Theory of Relativity, which was published only four years earlier. As a bonus, patrons who attend the talk will receive a pair of glasses to watch the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, 2024!

This program is free and open to the public with no registration required. Best suited for adults and teens. For more information call 715-261-7230.