GoKawiilStudy finds roughly 90% of buried time capsules are never recovered
A Longreads investigation by Ashley Stimpson examines the fate of American time capsules, including the 1976 Bicentennial Wagon Train project that collected thousands of citizen signatures on rededication scrolls intended for burial. The report finds that the overwhelming majority of such capsules across the country—an estimated nine in ten—are ultimately lost, misplaced, or never recovered as planned.