A few days ago, while removing the base of a federal general’s statue, art workers discovered a copper box believed to have been buried 130 years ago. This is the second time capsule unearthed from the site. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam posted a picture of the box on Twitter.
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“This may be the time capsule that everyone has been looking for. According to a newspaper article in 1887, there was a time capsule hidden at the feet of the statue of General Robert E. Lee of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, which contained buttons and balls, Confederate currency, Cards, rare photos of the assassinated President Lincoln in the coffin and other items. This box will be opened at 1 p.m. on Tuesday,” Northam said in a subsequent tweet. “Experts think there may be coins, books, and buttons from the Civil War. Even ammunition.”
However, when it was opened, it was discovered that it was not the time capsule published in the newspaper in 1887, because there were only three soaked books, a photo with a soaked cloth cover, and a coin. These items seem to be souvenirs left by the workers who erected the statues to future generations. Last year, after the death of George Floyd, the black man killed by the white police in Minnesota, this statue of Lee became the focus of protests against racial justice. During the Civil War, the southern federal states separated from the United States to fight for the maintenance of slavery, while slavery has been abolished in other parts of the United States.
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