Centuries-Old US Time Capsule Opened in Boston

Officials in the northeastern U.S. state of Massachusetts have opened a 220-year-old time capsule buried by American founding fathers Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. The contents, unveiled Tuesday in Boston, included documents, coins and other artifacts described by state official William Galvin as symbols of "the great hope" of colonial Americans as they pursued and gained independence from British rule. Items in the corroded metal box included a 17th-century shilling struck...

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