Time capsule meant for Confederate temple unearthed in Virginia

Another time capsule was discovered Wednesday in Richmond, Virginia, at the base of where a Jefferson Davis statue once stood as construction workers remove Confederate monuments from the city’s Monroe Park.

The container is believed to be a small copper box containing items considered important to the Confederacy, Masonic traditions, and Richmond history, as described in a newspaper article from 1896. The capsule was intended for a Confederate temple dedicated to the president of the Confederacy, Davis, that was never built. The city decided to create a statue of Davis instead in 1907, according to Christina Vida, a curator at the city’s Valentine museum.