{"id":141631,"date":"2026-02-03T04:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141631\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:38:14","slug":"jacksonville-il-collecting-letters-for-citys-time-capsule-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141631\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville IL collecting letters for city&#8217;s time capsule | Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WAND) &#8211; The City of Jacksonville is encouraging the community to send in their time capsule letters for future generations to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for completed capsule envelopes is Monday, March 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Envelopes will be available for $20 and can be picked up at the Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce, according to the City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Letters can include personal stories, reflections of life in present-day Jacksonville, milestones within local organizations, schools, or businesses, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is our chance to speak directly to the future, sharing who we are, what we value, and what this moment in Jacksonville\u2019s history means to us,&#8221; said Jacksonville Mayor Andy Ezard in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>More Coverage:<\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-headline\"><a class=\"tnt-asset-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/community\/the-jacksons-to-perform-at-the-devon-lakeshore-amphitheater\/article_1030f5a1-9c42-474a-a8cc-67b68fbcbd2e.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Jacksons to perform at The Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-headline\"><a class=\"tnt-asset-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/community\/job-seekers-invited-to-attend-the-decatur-park-districts-hiring-fair\/article_bf2e9872-cd21-43bf-b731-8afbbc1aaa8d.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Job seekers invited to attend the Decatur Park District&#8217;s hiring fair<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-headline\"><a class=\"tnt-asset-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/community\/you-cant-handle-the-mac-down-springfield-vegan-mac-and-cheese-competition-gets-gouda\/article_b930805c-63ac-4537-82ba-e68cdc46dd6b.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can&#8217;t handle the Mac Down: Springfield vegan mac and cheese competition gets gouda<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Copyright 2026. WAND TV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WAND) &#8211; The City of Jacksonville is encouraging the community to send in their time capsule&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[502,9879,116,68755,118,117,45425,266,68756,46935,35720,35722,35721],"class_list":{"0":"post-141631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-community","9":"tag-illinois","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-area-chamber-of-commerce","12":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","13":"tag-jacksonville-news","14":"tag-letters","15":"tag-local-news","16":"tag-submission-date","17":"tag-time-capsule","18":"tag-wand","19":"tag-wand-news","20":"tag-wandtv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}