Onalaska Community Park time Capsule - Onalaska, WI
Posted by: skree
N 43° 53.530 W 091° 13.929
15T E 641993 N 4861415
Located under the flag pole in the Community Park.
Waymark Code: WMCDGR
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2011
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Placed in 1976. Currently, no information has been found as to when it shall be opened.
Found information on-line:
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On Saturday, May 8, the city dedicated a lighted
35-foot flagpole and a memorial marker at the new
city park at Sixth and Quincy Street. A time cap-
sule was sealed inside the marker. It included the
signatures of 3,400 citizens, U.S. President Gerald
R. Ford's signature and his signature and seal tie
clasp, a set of 1976 currency, 4 bicentennial 13-cent
stamps canceled May 8, 1976, correspondence from
the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter Day Saints, State Representative Virgil Roberts'
business card, A Declaration of Independence place-
mat, a bicentennial button, an Onalaska "We've Got
the Spirit" sticker, an Onalaska Bicentennial Musi-
cale ticket, and a set of 5 "Bicentennial Times
Newsletters."