{"id":5978,"date":"2026-06-30T15:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5978"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:35:21","slug":"orlando-sentinel-150-our-1976-story-of-time-capsule-opened-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5978","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Sentinel 150: Our 1976 story of time capsule opened this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A time capsule that was sealed in 1976 to celebrate America\u2019s Bicentennial was opened on Monday at Orlando City Hall, days before the nation celebrates its 250th birthday.<\/p>\n

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We went into our archives and found the story we wrote about the time capsule being prepared\u00a0 50 years ago. Sentinel Star reporter Dorothy Madlee wrote the story, which ran on the front page of the local section with the headline, \u201cCapsule Will Reveal More Than Memories To Future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is the story:<\/p>\n

When they open the time capsule on June 14, 2026, they will know how it was in Orlando the year of their country\u2019s 200th anniversary.<\/p>\n

And some for instance, a small boy with dark curly hair who watched the ceremony with thoughtful, hazel eyes \u2013 will remember how it was on a special Monday at noon when bright new flag was run up beside Lake Eola, and the capsule was sealed.<\/p>\n

A whiff of preservative gas will escape as air hits plastic-wrapped packages inside the 400-pound concrete capsule, with its wooden lining and its outer pebbling of red, white and blue.<\/p>\n

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Orlando cracks open five-decade-old time capsule for America\u2019s 250th<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n