Brides and grooms from 24 states flock to Arkansas football court to say I Do ... trends now
Nearly 400 couples said 'I Do' in a mass wedding at an Arkansas football court moments before the moon blocked the face of the sun in the rare celestial phenomenon.
Brides and grooms from more than 24 states made their way to Russellville, Arkansas, gathering at the city's football complex to tie the knot.
The event, titled 'Elope at the Eclipse,' started at 1:30 p.m. and ended at 1:45 p.m., only minutes before the moon blotted the sun overhead on Monday. The eclipse lasted for about four minutes.
At the mass wedding, the celebrant pronounced the couples as husbands and wives, sealing their commitment to each other before they passionately kissed in the warm sunlight.
The crowd erupted into a huge cheer before they took out their eclipse glasses for the upcoming once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Four hundred couples said 'I Do' in a mass wedding at an Arkansas football court moments before the moon blocked the face of the sun in the rare celestial phenomenon
The event, titled 'Elope at the Eclipse,' started at 1:30 p.m. and ended at 1:45 p.m., only minutes before the moon blotted the sun overhead on Monday. The eclipse lasted for about four minutes
Brides and grooms from more than 24 states made their way to Russellville, Arkansas, gathering at the city's football complex to tie the knot
Carlotta Cox and Matthew Holloway told local news outlet 40/29News that they traveled from Knoxville, Tennessee, for the eclipse wedding.
'Our original destination was Maine. The totality there is like two minutes, and then we were looking for something where the totality was longer.
'And it was here in Arkansas, and then we started looking at private events that were going on, and this is what we found,' they said.
'It just seems like the coolest wedding that you could ever have,' Cox said, clad in her stunning wedding gown.
A groom said told the outlet that it's a 'spiritual experience' to get married under the total solar eclipse.
'That's a once in a lifetime experience. Like whom better to spend something like that with than the person that you love the most?'
'And what better way to honor that day than to ge6t married and see a total eclipse?' he said, as his bride nodded in agreement.
Another bride said: 'We wanted to be married under the total totality - just pure dark and just stand there with my best friend and get married,' she said as her fiancé kissed her in the forehead.
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