<P> The August 2017 eclipse was the first with a path of totality crossing the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S. since 1918 . Also, its path of totality made landfall exclusively within the United States, making it the first such eclipse since the country's declaration of independence in 1776 . Prior to this, the path of totality of the eclipse of June 13, 1257, was the last to make landfall exclusively on lands currently part of the United States . </P> <P> The path of the 2017 eclipse crosses with the path of the upcoming total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, with the intersection of the two paths being in southern Illinois in Makanda Township at Cedar Lake, just south of Carbondale . An area of about 9,000 square miles, including the cities of Makanda, Carbondale, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Paducah, Kentucky, will thus experience two total solar eclipses within a span of less than seven years . The cities of Benton, Carbondale, Chester, Harrisburg, Marion, and Metropolis in Illinois; Cape Girardeau, Farmington, and Perryville in Missouri, as well as Paducah, Kentucky, will also be in the path of the 2024 eclipse, thereby earning the distinction of witnessing two total solar eclipses in seven years . </P> <P> The solar eclipse of August 12, 2045 will have a very similar path of totality over the U.S. to the 2017 eclipse: about 400 km (250 mi) to the southwest, also crossing the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the country; however, totality will be more than twice as long . </P> <Ul> <Li> Corvallis--The Corvallis campus of Oregon State University hosted "OSU150 Space Grant Festival: A Total Eclipse Experience", a weekend - long celebration of the eclipse . A watch party was also hosted on campus the day of the eclipse . </Li> <Li> Keizer--The Salem - Keizer Volcanoes, a Class A baseball team, played a morning game against the visiting Hillsboro Hops that featured the first ever "eclipse delay" in baseball history . </Li> <Li> Huntington--Historic Farewell Bend State Recreation Area hosted the RASC: Yukon Centre (Yukon Astronomical Society) and the RASC: Okanagan Centre . Solar viewing and presentations on the eclipse were given along with a dark - sky presentation </Li> <Li> Madras--The city sponsored a four - day Solarfest at two locations . </Li> <Li> Prineville--Symbiosis Gathering hosted a global eclipse gathering dubbed Oregon Eclipse . </Li> <Li> Rickreall--The Polk County Fairgrounds organized a series of events and an eclipse gathering . </Li> <Li> Salem--The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry hosted an event at the Oregon State Fairgrounds . </Li> </Ul>

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