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Underneath the statue of robert e. lee that had been recovered. today it was opened giving historians a first look at the message from more than 130 years ago. cnn's randi kaye has the details. >> reporter: it wasn't easy, but conserve tors in richmond, virginia, drilled their way into this time capsule that's more than 100 years old. >> we are going to cut one side of the box where we can see i probably won't hit anything to lee lease some of this pressure. >> reporter: it was discovered monday beneath the base of the robert e. lee statue months after this historic moment. the 134-yard line c...

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Resources. for more than a century, this sat buried in the base of the statue in richmond, virginia. it was discovered friday morning, months after this historic moment in september. crews dis found what appeared t a copper box. as described back in 1887. the list of articles in the copper box were said to include dozens of items, including a battle flag, compass, 12 copper coins, even a picture of former president lincoln, lying in his coffin. but it turns out this capsule was made of lead, heavily corroded and partly covered in mo mortar. they had to take care to preserve the box, using tong...

[ cheers and applause ] inside, three books, a cloth envelope, and a single coin. >> i saw one book that's an almanac from 1875. there was another book, i saw the word "love" on it and the about why-u-r-g-w-i-n. i'll have the historians take a look at that and figure out why that's in there. >> in the end, there was no picture of abraham lincoln in his coffin. even more puzzling, along with the 1887 almanac was a book that appeared to be published in 1889, two years after the time capsule was apparently sealed. >> the original time capsule was supposed to be put in there closer to 1887. and so...

Confederate general robert e. lee in richmond, virginia. it was uncovered friday morning months after this historic moment in september. [ cheers ] crews dismantling the statue's base found what appeared to be a copper box as described in the "richmond dispatch" back in 1887. the list of articles in the copper box was said to include dozens of items, including a battle flag, compass, 12 copper coins, even a picture of former president lincoln lying in his coffin. but it turns out this capsule was made of lead, heavily corroded and partly covered in mortar. the box itself is an artifact, so the...