At an event livestreamed event on YouTube, West Point cadets and historians gathered to see what was inside the long-forgotten box found in the base of a monument.
West Point cadets, historians and leaders came together on Monday for the big reveal. Awas finally to be opened after months of waiting.
The hyped event was livestreamed on YouTube by the U.S. Military Academy and featured a number of speeches before and after the capsule's opening. The small lead box was found in May during restoration to a monument honoring the Revolutionary War hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who, as an officer of the Continental Army, designed wartime fortifications at the location along the Hudson River.In prerecorded videos shown during the livestream, cadets guessed what the findings could be. One cadet said a bayonet. Another cadet said a class ring. And another said utensils from the mess hall.
It was even speculated that Robert E. Lee, who was attending West Point at the time of the capsule's placement, may be connected to what was inside. After explaining that X-ray images showed"anomalies" inside the container, historians who work at West Point carefully opened the top of the capsule.
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