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Most oi us are concerned about our children’s future. Those of us with grandchildren worry about them as well. But it takes an event like the dedication of the time capsule on July 4 to get us thinking about generations far removed from us.
When our great, great grandchildren open the capsule on July 4, 2083, how will that far - away day find them? Will they be affected by what appears now to be decreasing clean air and water, decreasing humanity, decreasing generosity of spirit, independence and resourcefulness?
For the time capsule dedicated on this sesquicentennial Fourth of July, county school children submitted letters and materials to be read a century from now. From their efforts, it appears that adults are not the only ones worried about the future.
Included in the time capsule, and read at the July 4th celebration at Avon Hall was a letter from Ophelia von Ludwig, a senior at Wakefield. After saying a little bit about herself, Ophelia went on to address the future generation of Rappahannock young people. In her touching letter, Ophelia wrote: “Dear Reader in the Year 2083,
“Mine is a voice from the past, coming to you across the deep abyss of Time. Do you hear me? Can you understand? My voice will be for you perhaps a haunting voice, for the past always lies heavily on the present.
You wonder about my times/ I live in an Age of Contradictions. These are (to paraphrase Dickens) the best of times and the worst of times. In spite of having all of the material means to make them happy, and the freedom to do about anything, most people, I suspect, are not happy. There is a malaise. What is it? Mftiy are we not happy? Perhaps it is be
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