40-year time capsule highlights centennial celebrations at Redcliff Legion

By Anna Smith
Southern Alberta Newspapers
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The Redcliff Legion celebrated its 100th anniversary the weekend of Oct. 17-18, complete with opening a time capsule that had been safely hidden in the cenotaph since 1986.

Those who attended were able to see a wide variety of displays of different photos, uniforms and even a few weapons as the legion was turned into a museum over the course of Saturday and Sunday. Attendees enjoyed refreshments as well as a moment to connect with pieces of local history.

On Sunday, veterans, legion members and South Alberta Pipes and Drums marched over to Memorial Park for a short service, as well as to retrieve the small time capsule which had been placed inside the cenotaph four decades earlier.

Contents included a pin, photographs and other small mementos, as well as multiple pages of a roughly 40-year-old copy of the Medicine Hat News. The treasures were preserved in plastic, and returned to the cenotaph alongside a new time capsule on Oct. 19.