Time capsule from the removed Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond is being opened at this moment: 
Time capsule has been opened:
So far, this is not exactly “National Treasure.”
Would be nice if the Robert E. Lee time capsule now being opened included a handwritten apology.
Found inside Robert E. Lee time capsule is a coin mashed into cover of a Holy Bible. For those who like metaphor, start your engines:
Lee’s time capsule includes a guide to city of Richmond. Would have been useful to Union Army liberators of 1865:
Note to pro-racist pro-Confederate insurrectionists who created the just-opened Robert E. Lee time capsule in the 1880s:
If you’re trying to make a time capsule interesting to future historians, don't stuff it with books, newspapers and currency that they will already have seen.
If you’re trying to make a time capsule interesting to future historians, don't stuff it with books, newspapers and currency that they will already have seen.
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