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PHOTOS: Paul Revere and Sam Adams' 220-year-old time capsule opened in Boston today

Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The oldest known time capsule in America was opened at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Jan. 6, 2015.
A 1795 time capsule discovered under the State House in Boston will be opened Jan. 6, 2015 by the Museum of Fine Arts.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts conservators unearthed what is believed to be the oldest unopened time capsule in the country, buried in 1795 by then-Gov. Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
Massachusetts officials work to remove a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Statehouse in Boston, Dec. 11, 2014.
The oldest known time capsule in America was opened at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Jan. 6, 2015.
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