By Rob JanickiIn what may only be of interest to history and political buffs, comes this news from Boston, Massachusetts. I'm hoping there are more items of greater interest other than a few coins and old newspapers.
I would hope
for historical events memorialized by the personal recollections of these
Founding Fathers contemporaneous with the time and events which preceded the
sequestration of this time capsule.
A time capsule buried in 1795
by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams was unearthed Thursday in Boston at
the Massachusetts Statehouse, possibly the oldest such U.S. artifact ever
uncovered.
About the size of a cigar box, the copper container — green from oxidation and caked in plaster — was found in the cornerstone of the "new" statehouse on Beacon Hill, which was completed in 1798.
As Boston Museum of Fine Arts Conservator Pam Hatchfield chiseled away for hours to free the box, five silver coins spilled from the stone block — measures of good luck tossed in when the capsule was entombed by the revolutionary heroes 219 years ago, officials told the Boston Globe. At the time, Adams was known as the governor, not a beer.
The world will have to wait a little longer to learn what's inside. The museum will X-ray the box over the weekend and reveal its contents next week. Read more USA Today here
About the size of a cigar box, the copper container — green from oxidation and caked in plaster — was found in the cornerstone of the "new" statehouse on Beacon Hill, which was completed in 1798.
As Boston Museum of Fine Arts Conservator Pam Hatchfield chiseled away for hours to free the box, five silver coins spilled from the stone block — measures of good luck tossed in when the capsule was entombed by the revolutionary heroes 219 years ago, officials told the Boston Globe. At the time, Adams was known as the governor, not a beer.
The world will have to wait a little longer to learn what's inside. The museum will X-ray the box over the weekend and reveal its contents next week. Read more USA Today here
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