Time capsules are fickle, and the opening of one entombed a century ago inside one of the nation’s preeminent World War I memorials was no exception.
The first challenge was just getting to the time capsule, which was entombed in a tower that rises 217 feet into the Kansas City skyline and is topped by a giant flame.
Crews had to drill through 18 inches of concrete and limestone, said Christopher Warren, the chief curator of the National World War I Museum and Memorial, during an unveiling Wednesday.
“It was not easy. There was no door to open and pull the time capsule out,” he said….