History can drastically change in 113 years. For the
Bostonian society, these changes in history became a lot more interesting when
a time capsule from 1901 was found sealed inside of a statue’s head in the Old
Massachusetts Senate House earlier this week. The time capsule included
autographs, photographs, and small messages written by a former Boston mayor and
governor, along with campaign buttons for Roosevelt and John D. Long. The
Bostonians were unaware that this capsule existed and were notified by a
descendent of one of the men who prepared it in 1901.
Although its contents have to be carefully examined and
handled, the capsule is confirmed to be legitimate. The process of recovering
the capsule’s documents will take a long time, most likely a few months, but
Boston, one of the greatest historical cities, certainly has a new piece of
history to look after.
To me, this relates to APUSH because oftentimes, we have no
record of how societies lived. While this was literally a time capsule,
containing artifacts during an important time, things such as the Mayan
calendar or hieroglyphics can be considered somewhat time capsules because they
lead us to understanding how/what past peoples thought and went through by examining the things they
left behind.
Courtesy of CNN at http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/10/us/boston-time-capsule/index.html?hpt=us_c2
We should make a time capsule. Discovering the time capsule must have been exciting and life changing. The people who discovered this must have been speechless to see that they can easily stumble upon history.
ReplyDeletethis is amazing! from 1901? so many would've been ecstatic to read their autobiographies. i would've at least. its really interesting to know about people who lived there many many years ago. sharon cordon 4th period
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool! I wonder if Dallas has anything like this. If not, we should do something similar for years later!
ReplyDelete-Kennedi Mayes