Construction workers in Virginia spent a lot of time on Thursday searching for the 1887 time capsule, which will be dismantled after the Robert E. Lee statue is dismantled.
According to state officials, the time capsule is believed to be buried in or around the cornerstone base of the former Robert E. Lee statue.Construction workers used ground-penetrating radar devices, metal detectors and other construction equipment to try to locate the copper time capsule
Clark Mercer, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Governor of Virginia, stated that after the staff removed three freestanding cornerstones weighing 500 to 8,000 pounds (225 to 3,620 kg) and other large rocks around them, the staff The 12-hour search ended. Ralph Northam.
They also removed six other large stones around the base so that they could search under and around the foundation stone.
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“It’s disappointing not to find the time capsule,” Mercer told Minneapolis. Star Tribune“We checked where we thought it was. This does not prevent (we) from finding it in the future, but for now, the mystery will continue to exist.”
A newspaper article in 1887 indicated that the time capsule contained memorabilia from that period, including a silver dollar and a set of Confederate buttons. In addition, the alleged “photograph of Lincoln lying in the coffin” is also in the capsule.
On Wednesday, the former president Donald Trump A press statement was issued regarding the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia.
Trump said at the beginning of the statement that he witnessed “a huge crane demolishing the magnificent and famous’Robert Lee Horseback’ statue in Richmond, Virginia. It has long been considered a beautiful piece of bronze. sculpture.”
Trump then became angry because the statue was “cut into three pieces” and thrown into the warehouse “before it was completely desecrated.”
Trump concluded his press statement by saying: “Our culture is being destroyed, and our history and heritage, good or bad, have been wiped out by the radical left.”
He concluded by saying that if we let Robert E. Lee lead our troops in Afghanistan, then “this disaster will end in a complete and complete victory many years ago.”
After shooting death George Freud In 2020, nationwide protests took place, sparking calls for action against racial injustice, including the dismantling of Confederate statues across the United States, including the U.S. Capitol.
September 2nd, Virginia Supreme Court Ruling that the statue of the Confederate general can be removed from the Virginia State Capitol.
