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When community time capsules outlast the communities that created them

My church buried a time capsule twenty years ago to be opened now but half the congregation has died or left and nobody knows what is in it

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The groups that create shared memories may dissolve before those memories can be reclaimed and honored.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Time capsules and messages to the future?”

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