Time Capsule

A few months ago, the Wauwatosa Historical Society put out a call for reminiscences of the Wauwatosa fire department.  The idea was to collect memories and memorabilia to put into a time capsule that will be embedded in the new fire department headquarters building.

I responded to the request with an original Wauwatosa News-Times edition featuring photographs and an article about the fire that ravaged my family's house in July 1975, along with the two blog posts I did about that event, printed on paper.

The latest issue of the Historic Wauwatosa newsletter reports that I was one of four people who answered the call.  I suppose it's a good thing that more people did not have recollections of interactions with the fire department -- it means most homes were not touched by disaster.

So I guess my materials will be immortalized -- or at least be found by some future generation that opens the time capsule.  I wonder if those who dig it up will be human or alien.  Will they be able to read 21st century English?

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