Limerick residents preparing to seal time capsule until 2075
By Jamie Azulay
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LIMERICK, Maine (WMTW) — The town of Limerick is looking ahead to the future with a new time capsule. The town’s historical society opened a time capsule from 1975 this summer as part of Limerick’s 250th birthday celebration. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the town will seal a new time capsule.
Co-chair Ann Marie Carroll was in Tibbetts Memorial Park when the first capsule was buried in August 1975. “Main street was just covered with people,” she said. “This whole hill was just covered, and people couldn’t wait to put their envelopes in.”
Carroll was there again in May 2025 when that time capsule was dug back up. She said, “We were so hoping everything would be in perfect condition and it was.” Carroll’s co-chair Lisa LePage described the capsule’s condition as pristine.
Handwritten letters, coins, neckties, and hats were among the items pulled up from a pipe in the park. They were then put on display at the fire station during Limerick’s semi-quincentennial in August.
Carroll recalled, “You would hear people squeal and laugh and say ‘oh look, look at this picture. Do you remember?’”
80 envelopes have since been given to the families they were addressed to, but there are still more than 10 left to be claimed. LePage has been posting photos of them on social media. As the historical society searches for those families, they’re preparing to fill a new time capsule at 1 p.m. Saturday.
New envelopes can be picked up and turned in at the Limerick fire department or municipal building. Organizers suggest filling the envelopes with new and old photographs, letters to children and grandchildren, newspaper clippings, thumb drives, family history, and important dates.
They say those envelopes will be accepted right up until 1 p.m. Saturday as they seal the capsule shut for another 50 years. The new envelopes will be vacuum sealed and placed in a 5-gallon bucket which will be lowered into the pipe in the hillside.
The Town of Limerick wrote on social media, “Bring your children, who will one day open it in 2075!”
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