Lauran+Herring+1921

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"Do not open until December 31, 2011.", reads the engraving in the vault we just dug up. It has been buried in the town square for 90 years, and today we get to open it up and see how much times have changed since 1921. Anticipation falls heavily over the crowd as the crowbar lifts the cement lid. Everyone is excited! The mayor peers down and chuckles, "It seems they were very organized! Everything is in order by date!" The crowd smiles. The mayor slowly reaches down and pulls out the first object. He holds up a map and looks closely, drawn in the middle of the Ottoman Empire is a line and written in the top half is Turkey. The country of Turkey was declared in January of 1921. Next he pulls out a vessel of dirt. Attached is a note that says land for Yankee stadium. On February 5, 1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres of land in Bronx for Yankee Stadium. The crowd is having a great time. Next a picture of Winston Churchill who became the British Minister of Colonies, a ticket from the first transcontinental flight, and a bottle of insulin from the first batch. "More! More!," yelled someone in the crowd, and the mayor continued to pull things out! A program from Albert Einstein's speech in April, a ticket from the first sporting event (a boxing match) aired on the radio also in April, and this with a gasp he held up a baseball, signed by Babe Ruth! It was the ball he hiit his 120th homerun! How cool!! There is a picture of FDR after he was stricken with polio, a sash worn by the first Miss America, and a ticket to the first Green Bay Packers game. Some people cheered and some boo, how funny! The final two pieces pulled out of the capsule were a dried flower from the unknown soldier's grave and last a banned bottle of liquor. The crowd died with laughter. Although so much had changed in 90 years, some things remained the same!