Time capsule from 1941 unearthed at Indiana Dunes National Park
A time capsule from 1941 was discovered by a contractor at Indiana Dunes National Park in the town of Porter, officials announced last week.
"On the afternoon of September 23, 2024, as rehabilitation work funded through the Great American Outdoors Act was underway, a heavily oxidized and sealed copper box was discovered in the foundation of the lodge," park rangers wrote in a recent Facebook post.
The post included photos showing the contents of the box along with the history of the park area in which the time capsule was found.
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It was retrieved from the Good Fellow Youth Camp, a site that formerly served as a summer camp for U.S. Steel Company employees' children between 1941 and 1976 before being purchased by the National Park Service (NPS) in 1976, according to the NPS website.
Park rangers at the Indiana Dunes National Park shared on Facebook that a time capsule from 1941 was found while restoration work was being done. (NPS)
After carefully unwrapping a folded tar-infused piece of paper, park rangers discovered a small, silk, 48-eight-star American flag.
Wrapped around the flag were several paper documents, including a memorandum, a speech, a deed and newspaper articles.