Where is America’s Time Capsule scheduled to be buried for America250?

America’s Time Capsule is scheduled to be buried at Independence National Historical Park for America250.

The planned capsule is part of the national semiquincentennial commemoration and is intended to preserve material representing the United States in 2026 for people in the distant future. Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia is an especially symbolic location because it contains Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the Constitution was drafted.

The capsule should not be confused with the Samuel Adams and Paul Revere time capsule in Boston, which dates to 1795 and is the oldest known time capsule in the United States. America’s Time Capsule is a new national project tied specifically to the 250th anniversary.

Philadelphia has a central place in the anniversary’s story. The city hosted the Continental Congress, the Declaration’s adoption, and the first organizing meeting of the semiquincentennial commission.