When she wasn’t opposing the Vietnam War, Calgarian Millie Smith was stumping for the creation of Confederation Park.
And the visionary also helped fill time capsules a half century ago to mark the dedication of the beloved 160-hectare leafy expanse, developed to honour Canada’s centennial.
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On Saturday, one of those repositories of a time when the Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band ruled the airwaves and the city’s population stood at 335,000 will be unearthed.
Smith, 93, has an inkling of what’ll be found in the vessel buried beneath the flag plaza on 10th Street N.W.
“I placed some pamphlets that we gave out to make people aware of the park,” said Smith, who, along with group co-chair Helen Negrave, is one of the last living members of the nine-person Centennial Ravine Park Society.
“There should be some money of the day, newspapers … an itinerary of the ceremony that day.”
That day was August 7, 1967 — a little late to have celebrated the nation’s 100th birthday on July 1, 1967.