2014 Event A 219-year-old time capsule is being excavated from beneath the cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House in Boston; the capsule, first found in 1855 and reburied, is likely the oldest in the U.S. 1996 Event Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in New York City 1954 Event Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx 1941 Event Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. 1925 Event Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid 1915 Event Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. 1912 Event Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid 1909 Event Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv 1903 Event Cornerstone laid for U.S. Army war college, Washington, D.C. 1884 Event Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (New York City) 1879 Event Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in U.S.) 1879 Event Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace 1861 Event Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle 1841 Event Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri 1829 Event Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. mint (Chestnut and Juniper St, Philadelphia) 1793 Event President Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building 1793 Event Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall 1792 Event Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House) 1792 Event Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. government building: U.S. Mint in Philadelphia 1648 Event Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid 1579 Event Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory 1248 Event Archbishop Konrad vs. Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral
