John Lokitis Jr: Former Centralia PA Resident
John Lokitis Jr. was one of the last remaining residents in Centralia PA. He lived there from birth until 2009, when he was evicted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Lokitis lived next to his...
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Centralia PA Time Capsule Opened Early
The Centennial Vault, a time capsule in Centralia, Pennsylvania, was opened two years early on October 4, 2014. The capsule had originally been scheduled to be opened in 2016, 50 years after the 1966...
Centralia Time Capsule to be Opened in 2016
In 1966, only a few years after the Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire began burning, the town buried a time capsule near the local veterans’ memorial. Both were in the lawn of the American Legion...
