Sentence examples for cornerstone was placed from inspiring English sources

The cornerstone was placed so that it can be seen from inside the church.

It is built on what used to be John Hancock's cow pasture, and its cornerstone was put in place by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.

A hole was bored in the cornerstone, and a time capsule was placed inside containing forty-two items.

A copy of the report was placed in the cornerstone of the building.

A box was placed inside the cornerstone containing copies of John D. Rockefeller's letters about financial endowments and the approval of a chapel, and photographs of him and his son.

On the leafy block are other old homes: the cornerstone to the Church of the Ascension at 127 Kent Street was placed in 1865.

Committee chairman Sir Robert Worcester still wants a cornerstone to be placed for the building on the day of the anniversary - 15 June 2015.

In contrast to the heavily orchestrated ceremonies of past years — white doves taking flight (they turned out to be homing pigeons) and a 20-ton cornerstone being set into place (it had to be picked up again and moved off site) — the latest milestone was noted quite modestly by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The antique time capsule, which had been placed in a cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House, was discovered this week when workers who had been repairing a water leak at the building stumbled upon it, CNN reports.

It is not certain what became of the piece to be placed in the cornerstone, but Harmistead also struck a piece for himself, which was mounted as jewelry at one time, and the existence of which was not known until 1907.

The colorful debris descended slowly, covering everything, including a four-foot-high model of the CCTV building that had been placed next to the cornerstone.