Centennial time capsule event

Please note - the cornerstone and time capsule events scheduled for September 9 have been postponed.

We'll post event updates soon. Stay tuned.

And scroll down to see how you can help.

We need your help!

Help us put together the new time capsule. We need your ideas. Send them to us using the form below.
(Don't forget to include your name so your great-grandkids can be proud)

• What should go into the 100-year time capsule?
• What message do we send our descendants?

Here are some categories or ideas to get you started, but we want to hear from you!

• What represents 2023, Longview's hundredth year?
  
• The decades: 1920s, the 1930s, the 1940s... up to the 2020s
  • the best of each decade
  • the worst of each decade
    
• 100 best predictions
  • recreation / sports
  • politics / economics
  • local business
  • demographics (what is Longview's population in 2124?)
  • technology (flying cars?)
• 100 wishes to our descendants
• 100 best dad jokes
• 100 souvenirs, maybe to represent each decade, a fad, an innovation
  • art
  • artifacts
  • tools
  • toys
  • books that should be read in 100 years
• What else should go in?

Help us put together the time capsule. We need your ideas.
(Don't forget to include your name so your great-grandkids can be proud)

Bonus: time capsule sealing ceremony will be a week or two before the monument dedication event. Everyone donating items will be invited to participate and sign a signature scroll. (Time and location will be in your invitation).