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45 years ago, in 1976, when Cortana Mall opened in Baton Rouge, it was a pretty big deal. A new, modern mall in the Capitol City. Television and radio stations were on hand to broadcast the news to all in Louisiana and Mississippi. Students from Sherwood Forest Elementary and other schools in the Baton Rouge area were also in attendance.for a very special reason.
Local school-age students put together random items from 1976 and sealed them in a time capsule that was then buried under a sidewalk near Dillard s.
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Melissa Eastin with the East Baton Rouge Parish Library tells WBRZ in Baton Rouge, the time capsule was buried as part of the 1976 American Bicentennial Celebration.