Category: time capsule

Triplets Open Time Capsule Saved Until They Turned 25, Here’s the Treasure They Found Inside

A triplet whose mom curated a special time capsule for her and her siblings to open when they turned 25 has shared the special moment, and the capsule’s incredible contents, with the world. Jamie Poepoe lives in her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and works as a human resources professional. Jamie’s mom, Lisa, 60, and dad, John,…


How One Teacher’s Time Capsules Are Inspiring Students to Treasure Memories of Their Childhood

The last few weeks of school can be brutal if you let them. For me, they were my favorite time of the year. They were a time of nostalgia, a time to tie up loose ends, a time to look back, and a time to make memories that last forever. The unsaid truth about the…


Mom-of-3 Transforms Home Into 1970s Time Capsule and Manages to Get Everything for Less Than $25

A mother from Chicago has created an incredible “time capsule” home that will transport you to the 1970s and also revealed that every piece of furniture is second hand and costs less than $25. Writer Corbyn Hanson Wittig, 51, took on the huge endeavor of transforming her new home with four bedrooms into a vintage…


Experts Open Time Capsule Found at Gen. Lee Statue Site

RICHMOND, Va.—Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital Tuesday pulled books, coins, ammunition, documents, and other artifacts from a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The lead conservator for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Kate Ridgway, said that the measurements and material…


Mystery Lingers Around Time Capsule Found Beneath Lee Statue

RICHMOND, Va.—A rust-colored 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope, and a silver coin were found Wednesday in a time capsule that lay hidden beneath a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia for more than 130 years. As intriguing as the water-damaged items were, they’re not what many were expecting to see after…


1887 Time Capsule Found at Base of Lee Statue to Be Opened

RICHMOND, Va.—Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is scheduled to witness the opening Wednesday of a time capsule from 1887 that was buried under a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. The massive bronze equestrian statue of Lee was taken down in September. The time capsule was found Friday by crews working to…


Work Begins to Open 1887 Time Capsule Found Under Lee Statue

RICHMOND, Va.—A state conservator in Virginia began the delicate task Wednesday of trying to open a 134-year-old time capsule that had sat beneath a towering a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Chelsea Blake, a conservator with Virginia’s Department of Historic Resources, pressed a vibrating tool with a hard metal tip against…


Pub Owner Discovers 1970s Time Capsule Hidden in the Walls

A pub owner in South West England has made a surprising discovery of a 50-year-old time capsule buried in the walls of a building, which dates back to the 1800s, while renovating it. Toby Brett, the current owner of Holcombe Farmshop and Kitchen in Radstock, Somerset, said the discovery of the time capsule—which included a…