The 30-year Anniversary Time Capsule

Jean Larsen, Executive Director, Legacy Endowment Community Foundation

Time capsules used to be quite a tradition, gathering a historic box of goods and information, intended to communicate with future people, helping them, decades later, reflect on how things change. Such cache boxes were often laid as building cornerstones with future dates to open for anniversary ceremonies, revealing snapshots of the past and societal factors important to people at the time.

I reflect on this practice with awe, having been part of several time capsule openings in my lifetime, always amazed at the price of...