50 years after it was dedicated by Seward businessman Harold Davisson, what’s considered to be the “World’s Largest Time Capsule” will open to the public in Seward on July 4th.

Workers began emptying the time capsule vault in advance of the town's annual Fourth of July celebration. You can see the crypt on Saturday and Sunday.

But this year, time is exactly what's on everyone's minds. This year marks 50 years since Harold Davisson put together the world's largest time capsule, complete with a lumbering pyramid.

Davisson’s granddaughter, Ann Leaf-Johnson, was also at the event and also experienced a full-circle moment. “My grandfather Harold Davisson had me wrap this up and put it in a bag,” she ...

“My father, Harold Davisson, wanted to wait for his grandchildren to remember life in 1975. He was a big proponent of life. He did everything big,” she told NBC News.

Trish Davisson Fisher, whose father, Harold Davisson, created and maintained the town’s coveted time capsule, told NBC News that thousands of people received letters and packages previously held ...