Fourth of July, America 250, Presidents — And Time Capsules
Time capsules!
America is full of them ... and for America 250, Congress is even creating a new one.
For this year's Fourth of July holiday, C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" presents a time capsule of its own. The contents: What American presidents have said about time capsules — or even put in time capsules.
Like pictures of themselves.
Here's what Senate historian Don Ritchie once told C-SPAN:
"I was present in 1976 when we actually opened a safe that was essentially a time capsule that had given to the government in 1876. And President Ford came to the Capitol just before the Bicentennial…
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