Cornerstone Laying/Reseal of Time Capsule - Thurgood Marshal Center

Sunday, February 8, 2009
Washington Post - Marshall Center Holds On to History
Old and New Time Capsules Help Trace Nation's Racial Past, Changes
By Ian Shapira
Washington Post Staff Writer
Page C0 - Metro Section

"Yesterday afternoon, at the old 12th Street "Colored" YMCA in the District -- now the Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage -- the narrative of America's racial past and progress was celebrated in unusual style: The 81-year-old widow of the Supreme Court justice convened with the great-grandson of former president Theodore Roosevelt.

Then, a time capsule filled with Barack Obama-headlined newspapers was embedded in the historic building, a few blocks off U Street NW. And contents of the building's recently opened 100-year-old time capsule were displayed...."

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