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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 8133751, member: 104064"]Opening it today, scheduled for 1pm Eastern, to be broadcast live again. Maybe they'll use a power tool this time. If they start going at it with a scalpel and tongue depresser again I'll pop back in after four hours.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/virginia/1887-time-capsule-found-at-lee-statue-site-in-richmond-to-be-opened-tuesday/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wavy.com/news/virginia/1887-time-capsule-found-at-lee-statue-site-in-richmond-to-be-opened-tuesday/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wavy.com/news/virginia/1887-time-capsule-found-at-lee-statue-site-in-richmond-to-be-opened-tuesday/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"Northam’s office said the newly discovered box underwent an initial analysis Monday. Its dimensions match the size listed in the historical record and X-rays showed it appeared to include items such as books, coins, buttons and perhaps a type of Civil War-era ammunition"</p><p><br /></p><p>The last bit about ammunition - on the list published in the newspaper are "Master Frank Brown... three bullets from battlefield of Fredericksburg, one piece of shell from Fredericksburg, one piece of wood with missile ball in it from battlefield of Fredericksburg."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 8133751, member: 104064"]Opening it today, scheduled for 1pm Eastern, to be broadcast live again. Maybe they'll use a power tool this time. If they start going at it with a scalpel and tongue depresser again I'll pop back in after four hours. [URL]https://www.wavy.com/news/virginia/1887-time-capsule-found-at-lee-statue-site-in-richmond-to-be-opened-tuesday/[/URL] "Northam’s office said the newly discovered box underwent an initial analysis Monday. Its dimensions match the size listed in the historical record and X-rays showed it appeared to include items such as books, coins, buttons and perhaps a type of Civil War-era ammunition" The last bit about ammunition - on the list published in the newspaper are "Master Frank Brown... three bullets from battlefield of Fredericksburg, one piece of shell from Fredericksburg, one piece of wood with missile ball in it from battlefield of Fredericksburg."[/QUOTE]
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