Writing Historic Nonfiction: Imagine a Time-Capsule . . .

Imagine a time-capsule which contains genuine artifacts from the past.

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It is unearthed, examined, and . . .

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reburied (with new items added)–

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to be unearthed again in 200 years.

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This is a true story!

“Last month, workers repairing a leak at the Massachusetts State House in Boston uncovered a time capsule originally placed in the building’s cornerstone in 1795. It took conservators from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts nearly seven hours to remove the box from its encasing; it was later transported to the museum to be X-rayed and thoroughly examined. Yesterday, in a press conference at the museum, officials from the museum and the Massachusetts Archives opened the time capsule and revealed its contents—some 220 years after it was originally planted” (Pruitt).

http://www.history.com/news/contents-of-boston-time-capsule-buried-by-samuel-adams-and-paul-revere-unveiled?et_cid=69877497&et_rid=1179955491&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.history.com%2fnews%2fcontents-of-boston-time-capsule-buried-by-samuel-adams-and-paul-revere-unveiled

The news can be an excellent source of inspiration for creative writing.

Now, go write!