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Posted On: 12/21/2021 9:28:53 AM
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Let the jokes begin.
Lee's letter of intent to build Gen Lee's B&B at Gettysburg.
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/time-cap...?_amp=true
RICHMOND, Va. — Dale Brumfield rushed to the Gen. Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond after hearing the news about the possible discovery within the granite pedestal.
“It was pretty stunning it was found,” Brumfield said.
That “it” is a 134-year-old time capsule that the Richmond historian believed was hidden somewhere inside the 40-foot granite pedestal on Monument Avenue.
Crews lifted the stone with the box sealed inside at 2 p.m. Friday and then placed it on the ground. The state said they will x-ray the box and deliver it to the Department of Historic Resources to be opened on Monday.
Now, it’ll be up to the historians to find out if the box really could hold the treasures of the Confederate past.
“There were no open by dates prior to the 1920s, 1930s. They put these time capsules in with the expectation they would last in perpetuity. So, it’s like why would they do that?,” Brumfield asked. “Why would they bother to put one in if that’s the case? That’s one of the questions of the past that we grapple with.”
Lee's letter of intent to build Gen Lee's B&B at Gettysburg.
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/time-cap...?_amp=true
RICHMOND, Va. — Dale Brumfield rushed to the Gen. Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond after hearing the news about the possible discovery within the granite pedestal.
“It was pretty stunning it was found,” Brumfield said.
That “it” is a 134-year-old time capsule that the Richmond historian believed was hidden somewhere inside the 40-foot granite pedestal on Monument Avenue.
Crews lifted the stone with the box sealed inside at 2 p.m. Friday and then placed it on the ground. The state said they will x-ray the box and deliver it to the Department of Historic Resources to be opened on Monday.
Now, it’ll be up to the historians to find out if the box really could hold the treasures of the Confederate past.
“There were no open by dates prior to the 1920s, 1930s. They put these time capsules in with the expectation they would last in perpetuity. So, it’s like why would they do that?,” Brumfield asked. “Why would they bother to put one in if that’s the case? That’s one of the questions of the past that we grapple with.”
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