Time capsule found on West Point grounds. Many believe it is from the 1820s. Will be very interesting when opened.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/west-point-to-open-time-capsule-possibly-left-by-cadets-in-the-1820s/ar-AA1fPHeg?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ENTPSP&cvid=ad9775487ffe4b338fc78dbdb2f84f4d&ei=23 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/west-point-to-open-time-capsule-possibly-left-by-cadets-in-the-1820s/ar-AA1fPHeg?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ENTPSP&cvid=ad9775487ffe4b338fc78dbdb2f84f4d&ei=23)
Looking forward to finding out whats inside and thats seems to be tomorrow.
QuoteWEST POINT, N.Y. – The U.S. Military Academy will open and unveil the contents of a nearly 200-year-old time capsule during a ceremony on August 28 at 10:30 a.m. in Robinson Auditorium at Thayer Hall.
https://www.westpoint.edu/news/press-releases/west-point-discovers-time-capsule-monument-base
This is awesome. Maybe I can get some family to get over there to see the opening tomorrow. We are only 15 minutes away.
I am pretty excited about this as well, so I will be watching.
West Point will livestream the opening at the link below:
Let's hope Geraldo Rivera is not the host.
Well, it looks mostly empty, maybe some shards? Maybe the contents deteriorated. Bummer :undecided:
Geraldo-ish :/
Bummer...
But the Commanding General's opening remarks were an interesting consolation prize.
:TimeOut: Turns out there were some items in the box afterall.
QuoteAfter sifting the dirt, West Point experts found an 1800 Liberty dollar, an 1828 50-cent piece, an 1818 quarter, an 1827 dime, a 1795 nickel, and a 1827 penny, and an Erie Canal commemorative medal.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/31/west-point-time-capsule-coins/70725393007/
https://www.westpoint.edu/news/press-releases/west-point-discovers-artifacts-inside-1828-time-capsule
Quote from: steve58 on August 31, 2023, 07:22:04 AM:TimeOut: Turns out there were some items in the box afterall.
QuoteAfter sifting the dirt, West Point experts found an 1800 Liberty dollar, an 1828 50-cent piece, an 1818 quarter, an 1827 dime, a 1795 nickel, and a 1827 penny, and an Erie Canal commemorative medal.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/31/west-point-time-capsule-coins/70725393007/
Good to hear.
I am also wondering if some of the "mud" was actually disintegrated documents. But I guess that is why they wanted to test it to see if it was of "organic" origin or not.