I just did a search on "time capsules" and found plenty of ads for
commercial businesses ("send a year 2000 time capsule to your
grandchildren") and municipalities, but I didn't see anything about time
capsules from the year 1900 (for example) that are going to be opened on New
Year's Eve (or Day).  So I guess the question is, what happens to old time
capsules?  Does anybody take care of them and try to ensure that they'll
survive to their "target date"?  Do they ever get opened ahead of time?  It
reminds me of wills that try to provide for "perpetuity" -- I heard a
lecture on the Isabella Stewart Gardner and Barnes Foundation wills entitled
"How Long is Forever?"  The answer, as I recall, was about 75 years!

Forgive the rambling.

Andy Finch
US Department of Education
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