Millennium Time Capsule - East Hartford, CT
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N 41° 46.316 W 072° 38.617
18T E 695851 N 4627138
A millennium time capsule is located in Alumni Park in the downtown area of East Hartford, CT
Waymark Code: WMG229
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2013
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In 1996, East Hartford replaced an area of condemned and boarded up commercial buildings to create a new park they named Alumni Park. The aim was to create a green space that will serve as the arts and cultural center of the city. The park continued to be developed with the addition, in 2000, of a large sculpture entitled "Milling Around". Just outside the west edge of the wall that surrounds the sculpture the city placed a millennium time capsule to provide for posterity artifacts preserved during the millennium year 2000 to be opened in 2100.
A granite tablet placed flush with the ground is inscribed:
HERE LIES A COLLECTION OF TOWN MEMORIES
DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF EAST HARTFORD
IN THE MILLENNIUM YEAR 2000
TO ITS FUTURE RESIDENTS
AS A GLIMPSE OF HOUR
EDUCATIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND COMMUNITY LIFE
TO BE OPENED IN THE YEAR 2100
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