Posted on 09/08/2021 7:29:11 PM PDT by RandFan
One of the largest Confederate monuments came down Wednesday in Richmond, Va. Now, the state is announcing new plans for the base that used to hold the massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
They're going to remove a 133-year-old copper time capsule inside the pedestal and replace it with one that they say will reflect the current cultural climate in Virginia.
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The original time capsule was placed in the pedestal of the Confederate monument on Oct. 27, 1887, according to Virginia historians
When the capsule is removed on Thursday, state officials said the original capsule will be given to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources — making room for the Commonwealth's new capsule in its place.
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The new capsule was created by Virginia artist Paul DiPasquale, the sculptor behind both the Arthur Ashe monument in Richmond and the King Neptune statue in Virginia Beach.
According to the governor's office, a group of historians, educators, artists and state officials worked together to select nearly 40 submissions to be placed inside the new time capsule.
Some of the items include a photo of a Black ballerina taken by a local Richmond photographer in front of the statue, Kente cloth worn at the 400th commemoration of 1619, a "Black Lives Matter" sticker, "Stop Asian Hate" fliers, an LGBTQ pride pin, and an expired vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
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I know for fact that the new time capsule was filled with decomposing pig crap. Spread the word.
Isn’t that pedestal tainted by having a Robert E Lee statue sitting on it for so long? Better get a different pedestal, probably a different location as well. /s
In other words, a Wokey McWokerson time capsule.
They need to put a picture of some white person in there too. By the time it is opened again, white people will no longer exist.
VA is leading the way in wokeness and the Communist’s manifesto.
I have lived in VA almost all of my life and it pains me to no end. Our current Gov is a POS.
A statue of a uterus?
Heh — I had a feeling that scene might make an appearance on this thread.
I wonder if any historians have pushed back against the Democrats’ apparent memory holing of the old capsule?
OF FFS. 150 years from now and they will find that marxist garbage, rainbow dildos, Coonman’s klan hood, and a preserved “soy burger.” To hell with these marxists. They really are hell bent on destroying society.
Are they going to include news clippings of the black offenders who are the ones committing “asian hate?” Bunch of GD liars.
“Robert Byrd worked his whole life to end racism and injustices....”
Even the most rabid democrat poster will spout that BS when reminded Chomo Joe’s political mentor was a KKK Exalted Cyclops.
Republicans need to get heavily involved in this. Now it’s THEIR turn to play offense.
Yes, nothing says the historically illiterate emotions of today like a Kente cloth, the weaving pattern from the Ashanti tribe, whose livelihood was capturing their fellow Africans for sale to slave ships at the coast.
Fact check: Yes, Kente cloths were historically worn by empire involved in West African slave trade
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