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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pretty cool! Quote:
The finds seem to confirm academy officials' theory that the box was left by cadets in 1828 or 1829, when the original monument, which honors Revolutionary War hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko, was completed. A committee of five cadets that included 1829 graduate Robert E. Lee, the future Confederate general, was involved with the dedication of the monument. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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numismatic student, I read the original article a few days ago with great dismay as the time capsule appeared to hold nothing but silt. The discovery of these few remaining treasures greatly gladdened my heart! We can only wonder what other items once contained have been lost to history.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
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Time capsules can be curious things. Cool story.
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I too read the original disappointing news. This is a great update! Thank you for sharing it.  I bet Geraldo wishes he had such good luck.  |
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Looks like the most interesting item was a 1795 Half Dime. Wonder how they will look if they undergo conservation. |
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Quote: Looks like the most interesting item was a 1795 Half Dime.  Quote:
Wonder how they will look if they undergo conservation.  |
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