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Conservation experts in Virginia's capital have opened a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Workers will continue to look for a famed 1887 time capsule containing a photo of Abraham Lincoln on his death bed, placed under a now-removed statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond Virginia.

Conservators in Richmond, Virginia (pictured at left) began meticulously chipping away at 1887 time capsule (bottom right) Wednesday after it was unearthed last week

Ruined. >> what happens if you lose this lawsuit? >> what immediately happens is i would appeal. and if you don't appeal it depends on what the actual judgment amount is. and i don't know. maybe a life of bankruptcy. >> do you have money? >> i don't have much money. personally. but, i'll be okay. i'm not scared. they can do whatever they want. it won't change my life or lifestyle. so, yeah. >> this is the thing i never looked up at the statue the whole day. >> this started it all. the lee statue. the mayhem. this is what reeked havoc in charlottesville. the robert e. lee statue. >> the statue ...

One with the big nathan bedford forrest statue on it, that may need to be sold, as well, to pay off the debts against his estate. and the reason i'm guessing that property needs to be sold is that because -- today, finally, this morning, after this thing stood there for more than 20 years on the side of the interstate, after people painted it pink in 2017, they threw pink paint all over it. somebody else spraypainted the word "monster" on it last year in 2020. after all of the consternation and after having the founder of the klan looming 25 feet tall as the gate keeper to nashville, this morn...