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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Philip Davis is pleased to participate in the National Time Capsule Packaging Day event coordinated by the National Independence Secretariat on Monday, July 1, 2024.
At a news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office, the state premier joined some students in wrapping the first batch of historical items in archival paper that will be placed in the New Providence time capsule.
Meanwhile, in each family island area, time capsules are encased and historical items are wrapped in archival materials for long-term preservation.
The event concludes the 50th Independence Day calendar event. The 51st Independence Day event will begin on Flag Day, Friday, June 28, 2024.
The time capsule project is one of the National Independence Secretariat’s signature activities to engage the Family Island community in an initiative to determine how the islands can be preserved for future generations.
The purpose of collecting these historical information and objects is to ensure that people in the future can understand the current era in various ways. Generally speaking, time capsules are sealed for longer than the current generation. 30 years is a generally accepted time for a generation.
The Chairperson of the National Independence Secretariat, Her Excellency Leslia Miller-Bryce, said that based on international best practices, experts from the Archives Department and the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC) provided guidelines on which items would be best preserved in a time capsule.
Dr Christopher Curry, Director of the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC), said each community had a unique history which would be reflected in the items they would place in the time capsule. The items included historical documents, newspaper clippings, fabrics, straw weaving, recipes, cookbooks, aprons, commemorative stamps and coins, and photographs spanning 50 years, some even pre-dating independence.
Each capsule across the country will also include:
A table of geographic information containing basic statistics
Community:
Area in miles and meters
Population – by age and sex
Full name of community/island/settlement
District capital
The name of the body of water, such as a lake or pond
“The biggest challenge facing the Bahamas with time capsules is determining where and how to store the capsules. In our low-lying communities, burying the capsules is not a viable option,” Mrs. Miller-Blais said.
Considering building a concrete base to seal the capsule for a period of time may be more feasible. The Secretariat, based on the AMMC’s advice, suggested that the highest point in the community be the location for the base/concrete container.
It is generally recommended that the capsules in the Family Island community be sealed for 30 years, and that New Providence should have at least two capsules, one sealed for 30 years and the other for 50 years.
For this particular time capsule project, the capsule will be buried at a date to be determined and opened during the country’s Diamond Jubilee Independence Day in 2049.
Also present at the press conference were: Permanent Secretary Creswell Sturrup, National Time Capsule Day coordinator Lindsay Thompson, Sandra Hylton Kemp from the Prime Minister’s Office, Antonio Smith, Personal Assistant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/National Independent Secretariat (NIS), Demetria Rolle from the Ministry of Education, Cynette Archer, NIS Events Coordinator, and a number of students and parents.
The students who wrote their wish lists for the next 25 years in the Bahamas and were included in the time capsule are:
Tyler Penn: Sadie Curtis, fifth grade
Mackaya Paul: Stephen Dillet Primary School, Grade 6 (Girls Group Chair)
Shiloh Adderley: Enusta Academy, Year 6
Rhurley Alexis, Jr.: Yellow Elder Elementary School, 5th Grade
Malasia Adderley, home schooled
Vandrika Butler: Grade 8, SC McPherson Junior High School
Aryauna Davis: Grade 9, LW Young Junior High School
Sierra Sawyer: Grade 11, RM, Bailey High School
Jaydn Williams: Grade 10, CR Walker High School
Christopher Dillet: Public high school, grade 11
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