The Chelsea District Library (CDL) opened a fifty-year-old time capsule buried on the property on June 26, 2026, to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary. The capsule had originally been buried in 1976 to celebrate the country’s bicentennial and was filled with envelopes from local residents that included family photos, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia.
Hundreds of people gathered for the opening, which included a picnic and speeches from Bill O’Reilly of the Chelsea Area Historical Society and Wendy Reinhardt of CDL.
“The library has put a ton of work into making this special,” Mayor Kate Henson said of the event. “It wasn’t easy to dig up, and then also finding an appropriate way to honor it, I think, was important to the library, and it looks like they nailed it. It’s just another one of those ways that Chelsea shows up and shows out, because what we have here is really special.”
1976 Celebration…