Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is scheduled to witness the opening of a time capsule from 1887 that was buried under a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond.
A time capsule that was placed in 1887 in the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is uncovered on Monument Avenue, Friday Dec. 17, 2021, in Richmond, Va. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the pedestal removed and the land given to the city of Richmond. is scheduled to witness the opening Wednesday of a time capsule from 1887 that was buried under a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond.
The square box was embedded in a 2,000-pound granite block. Julie Langan, the director of the state's Department of Historic Resources, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the box was removed from the granite Tuesday. Records from the Library of Virginia suggest 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.
The Lee statue was erected in 1890. It's removal in September came more than a year after Northam ordered that it be taken down following protests that erupted after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The day after the statue was removed, work crews spent more than 12 hours searching for the time capsule in the 40-foot-tall pedestal but were unable to locate it.
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