All ages are welcome to create a personal time capsule to commemorate America's 250th anniversary. Materials will be provided.
Time capsules are a time-honored tradition celebrating personal and community memories--years, decades, and even centuries down the road. Did you know that the Beatley Central Library is home to the City of Alexandria's 250th Anniversary Time Capsule!?
Stop by the Reading Garden to create your very own miniature capsule to take home with you, celebrating this year's All Alexandria Reads theme, America250. The Alexandria Archeology Museum will be on site with information about how to preserve your personal capsule, ideas for what else you can include, and photos and documents about the contents about the 250th Anniversary Time Capsule! Materials will be provided for this self-paced, drop-in program.
This event will be held outdoors but will be moved to the Story Room in case of inclement weather.
More about the Alexandria 250th Anniversary Time Capsule:
The Alexandria Archaeological Commission, with input from the community, created the City’s 250th Anniversary Time Capsule. The Capsule was buried in January 2000 in the Beatley Central Library Reading Garden and marked with an historic canal stone and a commemorative plaque. The Capsule is to be opened in 2099.
Photos courtesy: Alexandria Archaeology
For more All Alexandra Reads programming, visit the AAR: America250 page.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Children | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Teens | Special Event | Maker | Local History | Family | Children | Art & Music | All Alexandria Reads |
TAGS: | VA250 | America250 | All Alexandria Reads | Alex250 | AAR |
Parking: The library has a large parking lot with 175 spaces.
Public Transit:
For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.
