CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant wants the person in the Secretary of State’s office in 2063 to know what things were like in 2013. Tennant and her staff sealed a time capsule on West Virginia Day Thursday at the state capitol.
Tennant said during an appearance on MetroNews Talkline she wished someone would have done the same in 1963.
“That’s exactly how and why we wanted to do this,” she said. “We yearn for what might have been there.”
Items put in the suitcase-like container were election books, brochures on how the office operates, photographs of office staffers and their duties.
“We have a state flag, some pens and pencils and a program of the 150th celebration,” Tennant said.
Tennant was joined at the ceremony by former Secretary of State Hike Heiskell and Gayle Manchin, wife of U.S. Senator and former secretary of state Joe Manchin.