Space Farms Zoo and Museum's latest celebrity groundhog "predicted" an early spring. Watch video
WANTAGE -- "Stonewall Jackson V" carried on the family tradition Thursday.
Space Farms Zoo and Museum latest celebrity groundhog "predicted" an early spring, said the zoo's owner, Assemblyman Parker Space.
In 2016, Groundhog Day at the zoo was canceled at the last minute after Stonewall's predecessor, Stonewall Jackson IV, died of old age.
The zoo has been holding Groundhog Day events for about 20 years.
Space said his 88-year-old father, Fred Space, named the line of groundhogs after Stonewall Jackson, a Confederate general during the Civil War.
Stonewall Jackson IV was brought out Thursday morning to make his prediction, two hours before the official event.
As for how his new groundhog was taking to the spotlight, Space said, "They're not always the happiest when you first wake them up."
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