The Atlanta beverage company donated items for a time capsule in honor of the country’s 250th birthday.
Coca-Cola items will be included in a time capsule that’s set to be buried July 4 in honor of America’s 250th birthday. (Courtesy of America250)
In the year 2276, a future generation is expected to unearth a whole heap of American history, including a “message in a bottle” from an iconic Atlanta brand.
Coca-Cola contributed items for a time capsule that is set to be buried Saturday to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. The artifacts reflect “the brand’s enduring role in bringing people together through shared moments across generations of American life,” says an announcement.
Coca-Cola donated a contour glass bottle with a special note and sheet music for their new song, “I’d Like to Buy America a Coke.”
The message says in part: “America, so much has happened since we poured our first Coke in Atlanta in 1886. We’ve seen black-and-white turn to color. Explored outer space. Marched for civil rights. … For more than a century we’ve shared in the collective effervescence of our dreams. We raise a glass to what comes next. Happy Birthday, America. You’re the real thing.”
From left, the America250 time capsule and the bell jar that will fit on top of it, shown in the machine shop where they were created at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md. (Courtesy of NIST)
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Amy Wenk is the consumer brands reporter for the AJC.
