A nearly 200-year-old box found at West Point believed to be a time capsule, turned out to have nothing but dust inside.
West Point officials held a live stream of the opening ceremony for the box, discovered inside a monument dedicated to revolutionary war hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko last May. The box was found while renovating the monument due to cracks and damage to the base of the monument. Officials believe that the box was placed inside in 1828 by cadets.
Before the box was opened during the livestream, Brigadier General Shane Reeves saw three possible fates of what was inside the box: nothing, a collection of dust or historical artifacts. When the officials eventually took the metal box lid, there was nothing but dust inside.
Paul Hudson, an archeologist at West Point, speculated that moisture might’ve gotten into the box, slowly decaying what was inside.
Hudson and his team plan...
West Point officials held a live stream of the opening ceremony for the box, discovered inside a monument dedicated to revolutionary war hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko last May. The box was found while renovating the monument due to cracks and damage to the base of the monument. Officials believe that the box was placed inside in 1828 by cadets.
Before the box was opened during the livestream, Brigadier General Shane Reeves saw three possible fates of what was inside the box: nothing, a collection of dust or historical artifacts. When the officials eventually took the metal box lid, there was nothing but dust inside.
Paul Hudson, an archeologist at West Point, speculated that moisture might’ve gotten into the box, slowly decaying what was inside.
Hudson and his team plan...
- 8/30/2023
- by Zach Ament
- Uinterview
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