Artifacts preserved in a 100-year-old time capsule were unveiled Wednesday at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
According to UPI, the time capsule artifacts were removed from a capsule buried inside the museum's Liberty Monument in 1924. reported He said Thursday that the capsule was extracted several months ago.
That monument is built “We pay tribute to the courage and sacrifice of the fallen soldiers of World War I,” the museum said in a recent video. When it opened in 1926, more than 100,000 Kansas City residents attended the event.
The clip shows workers removing a time capsule hidden in the tower's walls. When it finally opened, the museum's curators examined its well-preserved contents.
At Wednesday's ceremony, the contents included a copy of the U.S. Constitution, a newspaper, a Bible, a copy of the U.S. declaration of war in April 1917, a letter from President Calvin Coolidge and other letters from several Allied commanders. It became clear that. , according to UPI.
Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States. provided from 1923 to 1929, according to the White House website.
Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, the son of a village storekeeper. He graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and entered the world of law and politics in Northampton, Massachusetts. He slowly and methodically worked his way up the political ladder as a Republican from Northampton City Councilman to Massachusetts Governor. Along the way, he became thoroughly conservative.
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Walter Lippmann pointed out in 1926 that President Coolidge's political genius was his ability to do virtually nothing. It suits all business interests that want to be left alone…. And it is suitable for everyone who is convinced that the government of this country has become dangerously complex and very heavy…”
Commenting on the time capsule, Christopher Warren, Chief Curator of the First World War Museum and Memorial, said: said KMBC, “It shows the community involvement that went into the design and construction of this monument 100 years ago and how that has continued over the 100 years to this day.”
