Tag: Falklands "Time Capsule"

• Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 19:53 UTC

  Falklands “Time Capsule” to celebrate 250th anniversary of flying the Union Flag in the Islands

  

  As part of the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the Union Flag being raised by English Commodore John Byron in the Falkland Islands, on 21 January 1765, more precisely on Saunders Island, a ceremonial sod of turf was raised on the site for a “Time Capsule” to be buried.