The contents of the small lead box could possibly provide a window into the early, more Spartan days of the storied US Military Academy.
It’s not certain exactly when the box was placed in the monument’s marble base or who chose any items inside, though a committee of five cadets that may have been involved with the time capsule included 1829 graduate Robert E. Lee, the future Confederate general.“It’s a mystery, right? A mystery of history,” said Jennifer Voigtschild, the academy’s command historian.
Cadets in the 1820s honored Kosciuszko, a Polish military engineer, with a column near where current classes march and play soccer. That includes a July 1828 letter from a committee of cadets involved in the dedication, including Lee, seeking advice on lettering for the monument. In the early 19th Century, cadets lived in wooden barracks without running water. Around 40 graduated each year.X-rays indicated there is a box inside the container, but there are few clues whether opening it will produce a historical bounty or a bust reminiscent of Geraldo Rivera’s televised unsealing of Al Capone’s vault in 1986.The container was discovered in May during restoration to a monument honoring the Revolutionary War hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
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