Cornerstone Box News Today

When teams cut through the granite pedestal -- >> the capstone slid off and there it is. >> reporter: -- they found a 36-pound box, what experts are calling a cornerstone box, mads copper. the bomb squad examined x-rays for active gunpowder. then virginia archeologists got inside, 144 years after it was sealed. inside, confederate money. bullets and buttons. a hand carved confederate flag. an old newspaper. a bible. coins. and letters. historian dale brumfield says it gives us a firsthand look a...

All right. we have reestablished connection with kate ridgeway. do you think this would have been found if the robert e. lee statue had been removed? >> i dont think it would have been. this box wasnt a time capsule where people were expected to come and retrieve it after 100 years. this was more of a cornerstone box for the dedication of the monument. so without disassembling the statue, you would not find this box. >> i should also note, theres so much talk about it being found, but its also n...