This undated handout image released on June 23, 2026 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows Director of the NIST Fabrication Technology Office Mike Berilla (L), NIST mechanical engineer Jay Nanninga (C) and supervisory engineering technician Asia Robertson lowering the lid onto the America250 time capsule at the NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. When they dig up the ground in Philadelphia on July 4, 2276, Americans of the future will unearth an imposing metal cylinder weighing more than 400 kilos, filled with hundreds of objects and documents from across the country, buried for them to discover on the 250th anniversary of the United States. (Photo by Rich PRESS / National Institute of Standards and Technology / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / National Institute of Standards and Technology / Rich PRESS " - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Elodie SOINARD: "To mark its 250th anniversary, the United States is burying its memories for future Americans"