Crews working to remove the pedestal where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee towered over Richmond for more than a century believe they've found a time capsule that was buried there in 1887. The massive bronze equestrian statue of Lee, erected in 1890, was taken down in September, more than a year after Gov. On Friday, Northam announced that crews found the top of a square box embedded in a 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) granite block. CHARLOTTESVILL'S ROBERT E. LEE STATUS TO BE MELTED DOWN INTO NEW PUBLIC ARTWORKThe Lee statue, which became a symbol of racial injustice, was one of five Confederate tributes along Richmond’s Monument Avenue and the only one that belonged to the state. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAfter Floyd's murder in 2020, the Lee statue became a focal point of the racial justice movement in Richmond.

Source: Fox News December 18, 2021 04:57 UTC