by Stephanie Petrovick
When diggers unearthed the 1966 time capsule in Liberty Park on Friday, May 6, they noticed that the capsule was heavy and made a sloshing sound. When the diggers drilled a hole in the capsule, they discovered that water and mud had seeped into the capsule.
Much to everyone’s dismay the contents, newspapers and a town report from 1966, were destroyed. The Hudson Historical Society hopes to save an audio mag tape from the parade in 1966 made by the radio broadcasting company WSRO. Until an audio engineer can examine the tape, it is unknown if it can be salvaged. Luckily, no information was lost because the contents of the capsule were already cataloged elsewhere in town. The capsule traveled to the Unitarian Church where Nancy Rogers sorted through its contents in the hope that something could be salvaged.
Nancy Rogers describes opening the time capsule and what she found inside.
Although the celebration was cancelled, the destruction of the time capsule has not discouraged the historical society, who plan to bury another two time capsules to be opened in 2066 and 2116, but this time the capsules will be waterproof. Pictures of the unearthing of the time capsule are available at the Hudson 150 Facebook page.
