{"id":217359,"date":"2026-04-03T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217359\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:08:08","slug":"date-set-in-jacksonville-for-new-time-capsules-burial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217359\/","title":{"rendered":"Date set in Jacksonville for new time capsule&#8217;s burial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville\u2019s year-long bicentennial celebration in 2025 will well and truly wrap up May 26, when the community\u2019s next time capsule will be buried in Central Park Plaza on the downtown square.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time capsule will allow us to capture a moment in Jacksonville\u2019s history during our bicentennial year,\u201d Mayor Andy\u00a0Ezard said. \u201cIt\u2019s a unique opportunity for residents to share messages, memories and reflections that will tell the story of our community to future generations.\u201d<br \/>Contents to be buried in the new time capsule will be available for viewing from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. with a short ceremony beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the burial to follow, according to the Jacksonville Bicentennial Committee.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjournalcourier.com\/news\/article\/jacksonville-time-capsule-1975-20238046.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">time capsule<\/a> buried on the square during the city\u2019s sesquicentennial celebrations in 1975 was unearthed during the bicentennial celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The new time capsule, which is expected to be opened during the city\u2019s 250th anniversary in 2075, will be filled with assorted memorabilia intended to give future Jacksonville residents a glimpse of life today, along with letters from residents and community groups to their descendants and future leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Letters and other approved items still can be included in the time capsule through May 8. The cost to include a letter is $20, which pays for the archival-quality envelope. Letters may be submitted to Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville\u2019s year-long bicentennial celebration in 2025 will well and truly wrap up May 26, when the community\u2019s next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,115,278],"class_list":["post-217359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217359","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=217359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}