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Century Opens Millennium Time Capsule. Here’s What They Found.
January 3, 2025
The Town of Century opened a millennium time capsule Friday afternoon finding a lot of wet items and a few notable glimpses at local history.
The time capsule was buried in front of the town hall on January 1, 2000, and set for opening in January 2025. Over the past 25 years, water filled the concrete vault. Murky, dirty, stinky water also infiltrated the plastic bags and other containers inside. Most of the newspapers and other paper items were mush. Many photos had been printed on inkjet printers of the day, and the photos had washed away.
For a photo gallery, click here.
Several people present on Friday discovered items that they had placed in the capsule, or items from now-deceased relatives. A form created by the town back in 2000 asked residents to write down what was in each bag, along with their contact information and heirs with the apparent intent of returning the items in 2025. It should be noted that the form also asked for social security numbers because times were different in 2000, potentially exposing names, addresses and social security numbers of current local residents.
Some residents took family items home, and the Alger Sullivan Historical Society took the rest of the items to dry out what they can and document.
And, in a bit of a surprise, the lid covering the vault was signed by numerous people, most if not all of were high school students (it’s pictured in the gallery).
Coming up by Monday on NorthEscambia.com, we’ll take a look at some of the treasures from the capsule and hear a unique local history story.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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10 Responses to “Century Opens Millennium Time Capsule. Here’s What They Found.”
Coffee cans, pickle buckets, jars…..I can name quite a few things that would’ve sufficed.
What fun! It was awesome to see some of the artifacts removed by the people who put them in the vault!
@JustMe concrete is porous. Water will always infiltrate in over time. I don’t think this one would’ve had the actual burial vault seal because those are *not* easy to open back up.
I do wonder who decided to not use some sort of waterproof lining, though. Ziploc bags are not 100% impermeable.
I wonder what people from 2000 would think of the state of things today across the board (not just focused on one aspect). I want to go back to living like things were back then that’s for sure.
Why am I shocked that Century couldn’t even to a time capsule correctly? Wow.
Great to hear some Good News coming from the Town of Century!! There are a lot of Good things going on in Century, you just have to be willing to look for them!
I guess Flex Seal wasn’t around yet. Who would have thought porous concrete wouldn’t keep the water out.
I wonder which Burial Vault company installed this? Remind me to not use them for my loved ones.
Maybe they should put a capsule for 2026 generation now, that we are in 2025? (1) Chances are it will survive (2) They can put a cheerleading message in it.
Very nice to hear some “good” news out of Century
It was not a sealed vault?