{"id":121088,"date":"2021-12-27T13:32:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T18:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=121088"},"modified":"2021-12-27T16:25:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:25:09","slug":"richmond-va-tears-down-gen-lee-statue-and-all-they-get-is-a-lousy-couple-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=121088","title":{"rendered":"Richmond VA tears down Gen Lee statue and all they get is a lousy couple of books *** UPDATE ***"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lee statue time capsule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After removing the statue of Robert E Lee earlier this year, folks in Richmond, Virginia started work on bringing down the plinth on which he formerly stood. Within the plinth was supposed to a copper encased time capsule filled with Confederate artifacts and a rare photo of Lincoln in his coffin.<\/p>\n

They found a time capsule, though it’s made of lead and smaller than historical records indicate it should have been, and opened it. Inside, just like the Russian Collusion investigation, they found a whole lot of nothing.<\/p>\n

NBC News reports<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A rust-colored 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin were found Wednesday in a time capsule that lay hidden beneath a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia for more than 130 years.<\/p>\n

As intriguing as the water-damaged items were, they\u2019re not what many were expecting to see after state conservators spent five hours gingerly prying the time capsule open. Even the mortar-encrusted lead box was a bit of a surprise.<\/p>\n

Historical records led many to believe the capsule held dozens of objects related to the Confederacy as well as a picture of deceased President Abraham Lincoln. But in just a few minutes, its contents were revealed and the items were few.<\/p>\n

There were three books total. Besides the almanac, there was a tattered book with a pink cover that appeared to be an edition of \u201cThe Huguenot Lovers: A Tale of the Old Dominion\u201d by Collinson Pierrepont Edwards Burgwyn. He was a city of Richmond civil engineer who worked on the plans for Monument Avenue, where the Lee statue had stood.<\/p>\n

There also appeared to be a pamphlet of some kind that made reference to water power facilities for the city of Manchester, a community south of Richmond.<\/p>\n

Devon Henry, the contractor who took down the Lee statue and is continuing to work on the removal of the pedestal in Richmond, said there could be a second time capsule that\u2019s yet to be found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What was\u00a0supposed\u00a0<\/em>to be in there?<\/p>\n

A newspaper article from 1887 \u2014 the year a time capsule was embedded in the pedestal \u2014 suggested that the capsule contains Civil War memorabilia and a \u201cpicture of Lincoln lying in his coffin.\u201d Records from the Library of Virginia also suggested that 37 Richmond residents, organizations and businesses contributed about 60 objects to the capsule, many of which are believed to be related to the Confederacy.<\/p>\n

That time capsule was believe to be a copper box measuring 14-by-14-by-8 inches, larger than the lead box pulled from the pedestal last week. Besides there being far fewer objects, the capsule removed Friday measured 4-by-8-by-11.5 inches and was made of lead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking before the capsule was opened by conservators, Virginia Governor Ralph “Coon Man” Northam (D), who vocally supports infanticide, can’t remember if he’s the one in blackface or the Klan robes in the picture he chose for his medical school yearbook, and falsely claimed to have served in Desert Storm, said Virginia doesn\u2019t need monuments that glorify the Confederacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a Commonwealth that embraces diversity,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are inclusive.\u201d “Inclusive” apparently doesn’t include Southerners.<\/p>\n

*** UPDATE @ 1622L ***<\/p>\n

According to Fox News<\/a>, they’ve just discovered a copper box in the statue’s base. This matches the description from the contemporaneous news articles from 1887. Maybe this will turn up something interesting…<\/p>\n

Crews finishing up the removal of a pedestal where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once stood in the middle of Richmond, Virginia have found what appears to be a time capsule that was buried there more than a century ago.<\/p>\n

“They found it! This is likely the time capsule everyone was looking for,” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam tweeted Monday morning, along with several photos of a box being removed from the site.<\/p>\n

If there are contents inside, their condition wasn\u2019t immediately clear. Northam said conservators are studying the box and it would be opened on a later date.<\/p>\n

The time capsule\u2019s discovery marked the latest development in a months-long search for it. Contemporaneous news accounts indicate the capsule was placed during a cornerstone-laying ceremony in 1887 attended by thousands of people. News accounts described its dozens of donated artifacts, including Confederate memorabilia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are pictures at the linked article. There are also photos in which you can see Lee’s plinth and the wanton vandalism and hate of the “inclusive”, tolerant party of Governor Ralph “Coon Man” Northam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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