The prevailing theory among some Thursday was that the lead box was left by a person or persons who oversaw the monument’s construction. “They decided to have a little vanity project,” said Dale Brumfield, a local historian who focuses on the Richmond area.
Workers will continue to look for a famed 1887 time capsule containing a photo of Abraham Lincoln on his death bed, placed under a now-removed statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond Virginia.
Masonry workers did indeed find a time capsule in the Lee pedestal. But officials discovered Wednesday that it s not the time capsule they were looking for.