Time Capsule Reveals 1968 Treasures, Mysteries

GOLDEN, CO – The Golden time capsule buried in 1968 and opened on Sunday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day – the end of World War I –was filled with artifacts, newspapers and letters from school children and mystery, as a video of the process showed. [Watch the video above].

Staffers from Golden Public Works jackhammered the cement around the circular metal marker and pulled out a cylindrical metal container by handle.

After the seal on the canister was sanded off with a grinder, artifacts inside were carefully pulled out by Golden History Museum staff curator, Mark Dodge.

Some of the items included Denver Post and Colorado Transcript newspapers from November, 1968, including the Nov. 6 election edition of the Post which showed a now-famous photo of Republican candidate Richard Nixon celebrating his victory over Democrat Hubert Humphrey with arms outspread and hands making the victory sign.

Other more golden-centric items included "wooden nickels" from Buffalo Bill Days, letters from 5th grade school children, an oversized aerial photo of Golden and pamphlets and promotional material from Coors, Colorado School of Mines and service clubs such as Kiwanis, Golden Lions Club and the local Methodist Church.

Also in the capsule was a proclamation from the town officials to be read 50 years later in 2018.

The capsule presented some mysteries, though, as it contained newspapers dated a couple months later than the date it was supposedly buried, Nov. 11, 1968.

Sunday morning, hundreds of people packed into Golden’s City Hall for a ceremony and wrote their own notes to the future.

The time capsule tradition began in 1918 when Golden residents buried the first one in honor of the end of World War I and asked that the people of 1968 open it. The next generation held a celebration on Nov. 11, 1968 at 11 a.m. They then buried another capsule for the Golden residents of 2018.

The Golden History Museum will leave some of the contents on display. Also on display is the new time capsule that will be filled with items that represent our world today, and is scheduled to be unearthed on Nov. 11, 2068.

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