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Confederate general robert e. lee. the statue came down this past september, and today they opened the time capsule and they got a surprise. with the story, here's "360's" randi kaye. >> it's tedious work, and yes, opening a 130-year-old time capsule is time-consuming too. the task was shared by virginia's department of resources. for more than a century, this time capsule was buried in the statue of robert e. lee in richmond, virginia. it was covered friday morning months after this historic moment in september. [ cheers ] crews dismantling the statue's base found what appeared to be a copper...
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 they had to take care to preserve that, too, using tiny spatulas, tongue depressors and -- >> a very controlled tool that vibrates and has a hard metal tip that is much more easily controlled. it's good for getting the mortar s...