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In l 901,the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everydav items and to
seal them in a steel box. The box was marked "To be
1 after midnight, December 31.AD 2000",
and was
2 in the Colorado College Library.
One hundred years later, on the appointed day,300 people
3 to watch the opening of the box?
Many in the
4 were the descendants of people who had placed thillgs
5 the box.
When the box was opened
6 midnight, the contents were in very good
7 . There were
newspapers, photographs, diaries, name cards, family trees, books
8 dozens of letters, including
one
9 by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the
10 of the USA later. One of Roosevelt's friends
lived in Colorado Springs at that time.
Many of the letters were
11 to their descendants. They describe the
12 that people of l 901 had
for the people of the next
13 . At that time, Colorado springs had j ustl a few thousand
14 . Now
nearly half a million people live there.
Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a
15 .Cecil Muller, whose
grandfather had
16 a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great
17 ."This
is a wonderful educational resource. We can learn so
18 about our history," he said."I never knew my
grandfather, but now I feel very
19 to him."
In April, 2001,a committee filled the time capsule with
20 from modern Colorado Springs and
resealed it for another hundred years.
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