Crews working to remove the pedestal where a Confederate General Robert E. Lee statue 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
The news comes more than a year after Governor Ralph Northam ordered its removal following protests over racism, police brutality erupted across the US
The day after the statue was removed, crews spent over 12 hours searching for the time capsule in the 40-foot tall pedestal, but were unable to locate it
However on Friday, Northam announced that crews found the top of a square box embedded in a 2,000-pound granite block
