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| In l 901,the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everydav items and to seal them in a steel box. The box was marked "To be 1 after midnight, December 31. AD 2000", and was 2 in the Colorado College Library. One hundred years later, on the appointed day,300 people 3 to watch the opening of the box? Many in the 4 were the descendants of people who had placed thillgs 5 the box. When the box was opened 6 midnight, the contents were in very good 7 .There were newspapers, photographs, diaries, name cards, family trees, books 8 dozens of letters, including one 9 by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the 10 of the USA later. One of Roosevelt's friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time. Many of the letters were 11 to their descendants. They describe the 12 that people of l 901 had for the people of the next 13 . At that time, Colorado springs had j ustl a few thousand 14 . Now nearly half a million people live there. Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a 15 . Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had 16 a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great 17 . "This is a wonderful educational resource. We can learn so 18 about our history," he said."I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very 19 to him." In April, 2001,a committee filled the time capsule with 20 from modern Colorado Springs and resealed it for another hundred years. | ||||
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