Expand<\/a><\/p>\nWhen the Department of Public Works opened the metal container, workers found not only historical items, but also a significant amount of water, prompting fears that the contents were ruined.<\/p>\n
What kept the items in reasonably good condition was simply the plastic bags that held many of them, council member Erin Owen said.<\/p>\n
Newspapers were readable, hats were in good condition, and souvenir wooden nickels held their shape. The items\u2019 resilience reflected borough residents\u2019 commitment to stick together through \u201cevery high and low,\u201d Owen said.<\/p>\n
Leaving a legacy for the future<\/p>\n
However, history and the borough\u2019s commitment to preserving it didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n
Owen, a member of the Archbald 150 Committee, pointed out that borough residents would also be burying a new time capsule later in the day for future generations to open in 2076.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to thank everybody who\u2019s here today placing articles in the time capsule, carrying your stories forward. I thank everybody for placing their items in the time capsule. It\u2019s truly a gift for the future,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Madonna Munley, councilwoman and member of the Archbald 150 Committee, told a crowd of about 35 people, \u201cWe\u2019re here to not only look toward the future, but to honor the past. The families who came here in the early 1800s came here for a better life, and that\u2019s still what we want for their children and their grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n
Munley is especially proud of her status as a fifth-generation Archbald resident.<\/p>\n
Dale Keklock, vice president of the Archbald Historical Society, pointed out that the container used for the new time capsule would be much different from the tin box buried five decades ago. Instead, the state-of-the-art waterproof tube is built to protect and preserve its contents, which will include informational DVDs, maps, documents, a newspaper and a T-shirt reading \u201cArchbald residents for responsible zoning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn this day, Oct. 10, 2026, we lock away these memories today, so they can speak to the future tomorrow. The time capsule will be opened on Oct. 10, 2076, with love,\u201d Owen said.<\/p>\n
The borough\u2019s 150th anniversary celebration will continue throughout the year and include a Motorcade & Tree Lighting on Nov. 21 and a Santa Train event on Dec. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Archbald residents peeked into the past Saturday during a ceremony unveiling the contents of a 50-year time capsule…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,139,28,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-303988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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