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8. Hamilton College Time Capsule
In July 2018, students and staff at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York gathered for the public opening of a time capsule that had recently been discovered on accident. The time capsule was buried by the class of 1890 and remained undisturbed until 128 years later, when a road crew found it while doing some construction work on campus.
7. America’s Oldest Capsule
A handful of historians received the opportunity of a lifetime in early 2015, after they opened a time capsule from 240 years ago!! America’s oldest time capsule was rediscovered by workers repairing a water leak in the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
6. Lion’s Head Time Capsule
In September 2014, just a few months before America’s oldest time capsule was found, the Massachusetts State House in Boston was the site of another exciting discovery. A golden lion statue atop the building contained the 113-year-old contents of yet another time capsule.
5. The 1876 Century Safe
In 1876, a Civil War widow and New York magazine publisher named Anna Deihm attempted to gift a large iron safe to Congress. Within it were several pieces of Americana that she had collected during the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. The event marked the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and was held in Philadelphia.
4. Martin Luther King Jr. Time Capsule
In 1988, a time capsule containing several possessions of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was lowered into the ground beneath Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. The capsule was placed in memory of King’s 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech, at the location where the historic oration occurred. In fact, the formerly-named Western Plaza was renamed Freedom Plaza following King’s speech.
3. Juneau Time Capsule
Twenty-five years ago, in August 1994, a nine-by-six foot janitor’s closet at the Hurff Ackerman Saunders Federal Building in Juneau, Alaska was converted into a time capsule, sealed off, and fitted with a plate glass observation window.
2. Crypt Of Civilization
Underneath Oglethorpe University in the Metro Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven, Georgia, there’s an airtight chamber that is not supposed to be opened until the year 8113. Thornwell Jacobs, the university’s former president, believed that a preserved museum might offer future archaeologists a glimpse into what life was like some 6,000 years before they existed.
1. Westinghouse Time Capsules
Fifty feet beneath Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York are two time capsules that are not to be opened until the year 6939. Both capsules were provided by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company - one during the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and the other in 1965. They were named Time Capsule I and Time Capsule II.
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