Time capsule discovered during chapel preservation project Coins, newspaper clipings and what is believed to be Bible found inside Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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NBC 5'S MATT LEIGHTON HAS THE STORY... NEW AT 6. <NAT - MOVING CHURCH> MOVING A 126 YEAR OLD CHAPEL IS A METHODICAL PROCESS <BETSY HOLCOMBE / CHAPEL COMMITTEE MEMBER - IT'S BEING MOVED INCHES AT A TIME> ST. MATTHEWS CHAPEL IN SUGAR HILL IS UNDERGOING A 150 THOUSAND DOLLAR PRESERVATION PROJECT <BETSY HOLCOMBE / CHAPEL COMMITTEE MEMBER - FOUNDATION HAD NOT BEEN PUT UNDER THE FROST LINE> ROLLING THE CHURCH 30 FEET SO THEY CAN GET IN AND PUT IN A NEW FOUNDATION <BETSY HOLCOMBE / CHAPEL COMMITTEE MEMBER - PRESENT IF YOU PUT A MARBLE DOWN IN THE CHAPEL, IT ROLLS ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF DIRECTIONS> BUT AS CREWS WERE WORKING ON MONDAY - THEY MADE A SURPISING DISCOVERY <MARGARET DANSEREAU GRATON / WORKER - SOMEONE HAD CARVED OUT THIS STONE AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BOX IN THERE> WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A TIMECAPSULE AND INSIDE, A TROVE OF TREASURES NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE NEW YORK TIMES COINS DATING FROM 1861 AND 1893 IN ADDITION TO WHAT MAYBE A BIBLE <MARGARET DANSEREAU GRATON / WORKER - IT'S TOO BAD THAT THE SEAL BROKE ON IT CAUSE HE HAD WELDED THE EDGES BUT IT DIDN'T HOLD AND ALL THE WATER THAT APPARENTLY GOT IN THERE> THE TEDIOUS WORK WILL KEEP THIS PIECE OF HISTORY ALIVE FOR QUITE SOMETIME <BETSY HOLCOMBE / CHAPEL COMMITTEE MEMBER - WE WANT IT TO BE AROUND FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME> THE FOUNDATION AND DRANIAGE IS SCHEDULED TO GO IN NEXT WEEK AND THE CHURCH WILL BE MOVED AND SET BACK IN PLACE NEXT MONTH <ARNOLD GRATON / WORKER - I FEEL PRETTY GOOD TO BE CHOSEN TO DO IT YOU KNOW. IT IS A PRETTY FAMOUS LITTLE CHAPEL> AND AS FOR THE TIME CAPSULE, CHAPEL MEMBERS SAY THE OLD COINS WILL BE JOINED WITH NEW ONES <LEI

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