{"id":562557,"date":"2026-02-03T05:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/562557\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T05:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:13:13","slug":"jacksonville-il-collecting-letters-for-citys-time-capsule-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/562557\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville IL collecting letters for city&#8217;s time capsule | Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WAND) &#8211; The City of Jacksonville is encouraging the community to send in their time capsule letters for future generations to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for completed capsule envelopes is Monday, March 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Envelopes will be available for $20 and can be picked up at the Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce, according to the City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Letters can include personal stories, reflections of life in present-day Jacksonville, milestones within local organizations, schools, or businesses, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is our chance to speak directly to the future, sharing who we are, what we value, and what this moment in Jacksonville\u2019s history means to us,&#8221; said Jacksonville Mayor Andy Ezard in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Coverage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-headline\"><a class=\"tnt-asset-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/community\/the-jacksons-to-perform-at-the-devon-lakeshore-amphitheater\/article_1030f5a1-9c42-474a-a8cc-67b68fbcbd2e.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Jacksons to perform at The Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-headline\"><a class=\"tnt-asset-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/community\/job-seekers-invited-to-attend-the-decatur-park-districts-hiring-fair\/article_bf2e9872-cd21-43bf-b731-8afbbc1aaa8d.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Job seekers invited to attend the Decatur Park District&#8217;s hiring fair<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-headline\"><a class=\"tnt-asset-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/community\/you-cant-handle-the-mac-down-springfield-vegan-mac-and-cheese-competition-gets-gouda\/article_b930805c-63ac-4537-82ba-e68cdc46dd6b.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can&#8217;t handle the Mac Down: Springfield vegan mac and cheese competition gets gouda<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Copyright 2026. WAND TV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WAND) &#8211; The City of Jacksonville is encouraging the community to send in their time capsule&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":562558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,718,3188,723,1818,7310,245600,7492,728,245601,75912,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,147955,147957,147956],"class_list":["post-562557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-community","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-illinois","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-area-chamber-of-commerce","tag-letters","tag-local-news","tag-submission-date","tag-time-capsule","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wand","tag-wand-news","tag-wandtv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116004991986127447","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}