The Detroit News. The Detroit News Students at Independence Elementary School in Clarkston decide what to put into their time capsule. Generations yet to come will be awfully interested in Pokemon. The brand-new Independence Elementary is one of thousands of groups across the country putting together a millennial time capsule.
Concerns run from the environmental to the philosophical.
Waving his hand frantically, Nick Livezey takes a more cultural approach. The capsule is to remain underground until 2024. After centuries of additions and renovations, according to the society's research, nobody's even sure where the original was located. Which is a common time-capsule dilemma, Hudson says. Of the 10,000-some capsules buried or sealed worldwide, the society estimates only one in 1,000 stays in mankind's memory banks long enough to be rediscovered on the appointed day.