and we're proud to have more than two dozen images on exhibit!ĭiscovery Park's mission is education: To enhance children and adults' educational experiences and to inspire them to reach their full potential. With more than 70,000 square feet of exhibits focused on nature, science, technology, history, and art, the 50-acre Discovery Park complex is an amazing new educational attraction. Karen is excited to contribute new ancient life illustrations for the Discovery Park of America in Union City, TN. To plan a trip to Discovery Park, visit. 21 to and is free with admission or membership. “Inside the Cornerstone Box” will be at Discovery Park Jan. “I know many of our guests will be as excited to see these items as I am.”Ĭontributions to the rebuilding of Dresden First United Methodist Church may be made online by visiting and searching for “Dresden FUMC Rebuilding Effort,” or checks may be mailed to Building & Renovation Fund, Dresden First United Methodist Church, 411 Morrow Street, Dresden, TN 38225. “We feel honored that the Dresden First United Methodist Church allowed Discovery Park to be a part of this special discovery and for trusting us to retrieve, care for and display their cornerstone box items,” said Scott Williams, the museum’s president and CEO. “A small amount of mold had to also be removed from certain hymnals-a result of moisture produced by the ear of corn as it desiccated over the years inside the box.” “Paper documents had been folded inside the box for a century, so they needed to undergo a humidification, drying, and flattening process before being placed on display,” said Jennifer Wildes, Discovery Park’s senior director of collections and exhibits. Since removing the items from the cornerstone box, the Discovery Park collections team has been hard at work conserving the materials and safely preparing them for viewing. These items will be seen by the public for the first time in 100 years. Ellis wrote, “May God’s richest blessings be with each farmer and those that depend on farmers as long as good old Weakley County continues to be populated with people.” Other items that will be on display include newspapers, hymnals and historic church documents. Ellis, the Weakley County agriculture agent. A letter wrapped around the ear noted it was of the Little Willice variety and was placed in the box by R. The majority of the items were well preserved with the most unexpected item being an ear of corn. “It included a short history of the church, and he noted that the letter had been ‘hastily written for information of someone who may in coming years look in the box.’” “Of all the artifacts we discovered, the most meaningful for me was a typed letter from the church’s pastor at the time, S. Wayne McCreight, a church trustee, contacted Discovery Park to ask for help safely extracting the contents of this gripping find. Once discovered, demolition halted as those on hand began work to carefully extract the box from behind the building’s cornerstone. It was found bricked inside a part of the church that was dedicated in 1924 and was previously unknown to many of today’s church members. The box had been discovered during the demolition of the church that was damaged beyond repair in December 2021, during one of the worst outbreaks of tornadoes ever recorded in the United States. 2, 2022, when Discovery Park artifact experts opened the box as many church members watched. The exhibit, “Inside the Cornerstone Box,” will feature the items that were found on Feb. Discovery Park of America will exhibit all 24 artifacts found inside a cornerstone box from the historic Dresden First United Methodist Church.
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