Robert E. Lee's Time Capsule (The Civil War Diaries S3E4)

On October 27, 1887 a copper time capsule was  placed in the cornerstone of the Robert E. Lee   monument’s pedestal in Richmond, Virginia. Records  from the Library of Virginia suggest that 37   Richmond residents, organizations, and business  contributed about 60 objects to the capsule,   real, tangible artifacts of both  Richmond and America’s history. On June the 4, 2020, however, Virginia governor  Ralph Northam announced that the Robert E. Lee   monument in Richmond,along with all other  statues along monument avenue that had been   erected to commemorate Civil War Veterans would  be removed and on September 8, 2021 crews from the   city executed the governor’s orders bringing  the history of Monument Avenue to a close. In an effort to further destroy  the historic integrity of the site,   Governor Northam announced plans to replace the  134-year old time capsule embedded in the pedestal   with a new time capsule that was deemed more  representative of modern culture in Virginia   and more palatable to modern society as a whole. Thankfully crews were unable to  locate the original time-capsule   and so it remains in it’s rightful place as  a part of Virginia and our countries history. But what was inside? This newspaper article from Late October  of 1887 provides a list of the articles  

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Length: 8min 52sec (532 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 14 2021