Tennant said she wished someone would have done the same in 1963.
“That’s exactly how and why we wanted to do this,” she said. “We yearn for what might have been there.”
Items put in the suitcase-like container were election books, brochures on how the office operates, photographs of office staffers and their duties.
“We have a state flag, some pens and pencils and a program of the 150th celebration,” Tennant said.
Tennant was joined at the ceremony by former Secretary of State Hike Heiskell and Gayle Manchin, wife of U.S. Senator and former secretary of state Joe Manchin.
