BOSTON (AP) — Pomp and ceremony are on tap as a time capsule originally dating to 1795 is returned to the granite cornerstone of the Massachusetts Statehouse for a future generation to discover.
The time capsule — a small brass box — was removed during a water filtration project last year and later opened to reveal a set of old newspapers and coins, and a medal depicting George Washington.
Historians believe the box was first placed in the cornerstone by Revolutionary-era luminaries including Paul Revere and then-Massachusetts Gov. Samuel Adams. The contents were shifted to a sturdier container in 1855.
Gov. Charlie Baker and Secretary of State William Galvin will participate in the public ceremony that will include a march up Park Street to the Statehouse by the Grand Lodge of Masons.
