What was in the time capsule in Virginia?
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The box contained relics including what appeared to be Confederate money, 12 copper coins, an edition of Harper’s Weekly from 1865, military memorabilia, multiple books including directories and a Holy Bible, a carved wood flag and Masonic symbol that some believe was allegedly carved from the tree that grew above Gen.
What was found in the time capsule in Richmond Virginia?
Conservationists opened a second time capsule found underneath the Robert E. Lee statue formerly standing in Richmond on Dec. 28. The 36-pound box contained coins, buttons, documents and other artifacts from 1887.
What was the 1887 time capsule?
Conservators recover books, coins, ammo from 1887 time capsule. The entire inventory includes 71 objects altogether, with more than 50 items being paper-based and books. There were also “19th-century–era bullets, silver and copper coins, badges, wood-made items, and a “piece of a stone wall.”
What was in the time capsule under Robert E. Lee statue?
Inside was an 1875 almanac, a waterlogged book of fiction, a British coin, a catalog, one letter and a photograph of James Netherwood, a master stonemason who worked on the Robert E. Lee pedestal. But officials were optimistic that the time capsule found on Monday is the one they had sought.
Did they open the time capsule?
The box was discovered and carefully extracted from the monument site on Monday, marking the end of a long search for the elusive capsule. “They found it! This is likely the time capsule everyone was looking for,” Governor Ralph Northam tweeted after the box was plucked from the rubble.
What is the oldest time capsule found?
The oldest known time capsule is the Samuel Adams and Paul Revere Time Capsule.
- The time capsule was supposedly buried in 1795, which makes it the oldest known time capsule in the US and even the world.
- In 1855 was the first time that the capsule was relocated after initialy being burried several decades earlier.
What is the oldest time capsule?
What happened to Robert E. Lee statue?
The massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., taken down in September, will be moved to the city’s Black History Museum, Gov. Ralph Northam and Mayor Levar Stoney announced Thursday.
What was found in the 2nd time capsule?
The second time capsule discovered at the former site of a Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia, contains a Bible with a coin stuck to it, a bullet, and an 1865 edition of Harper’s Weekly that shows a person weeping over Abraham Lincoln’s grave.
What was in 2nd time capsule?
Preservationists found Confederate money, a carved Confederate flag and an apparent Masonic symbol stuffed into the 36-pound copper box alongside a Christian Bible, old newspapers and other items.
Who opened the time capsule?
Mayor Dennis Archer
The time capsule was opened at the turn of the 21st century by Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer in December 2000.