Rise and shine, campers. It’s Groundhog Day.
The more than 100-year-old tradition predicting the arrival of spring began on Feb. 2, 1887 in Punxsutawney, PA when a newspaper editor declared the town’s groundhog Phil as the country’s “only true weather-forecasting groundhog.”
While some of you may be waiting to hear if we’ll have six more weeks of winter, many of you might be too busy wondering what it would be like to be stuck in a time loop reliving the same day over again. We have Bill Murray’s 1993 movie of the same name to thank for that.
This concept got us thinking — if we could live any day in Columbus over again, what would it be? For us, we’d relive Ohio State winning the football national championship in 2015 and our first time visiting OSU’s campus.
To reminisce on days we’d play on repeat, we asked readers which local day they wouldn’t mind having again. Here’s what you said:
“The day I got engaged to my best friend in Goodale Park and afterwards we had a rooftop party in the Short North with all our friends. 💗” – @megmckean23
“September 15, 1973. We were married at Hillcrest Baptist Church on the Hilltop. I went to the OSU home football game then went to the church.” – Mike W.
“The day I was offered and accepted a promotion that moved me from Youngstown to Columbus and opened up so many other doors.” – Ken C.
“The day we adopted our dog Cece from the Franklin County Animal Shelter. 🐾” – @jessicaakers2
“The day I met my husband for the first time at an Ohio State coaches soccer clinic back in 2004! Changed my life forever. ❤️” – @vosburgbluem
“When OSU beat Penn State by 1 point and we stormed the field after to celebrate.” – @philbuerk
