They opened the 1828 lead box found in a monument at West Point! Amazing news!

[Wonder Why]

It was Hunter's laptop and all the evidence the Repugs need to impeach Biden!

Well, maybe not.

[link:https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/08/28/whats-in-the-box-west-point-unveils-contents-of-1828-time-capsule/|]

The tension Monday in West Point’s Robinson Auditorium could be cut with a knife. A nearly 200-year-old lead time capsule sat center stage in a room brimming with anxious onlookers, its sealed lid slowly prying open as an archaeologist meticulously slid a gleaming blade from one side to the other.

With one last incision, the lid wiggled free. The archaeologist reached for a flashlight, the cube’s dark interior preserving its final moments of secrecy. Top officers, senior historians, libraries, archivists and museum curators leaned forward, the oxygen in the room suddenly in short supply.

In what could either be the most dazzling illustration of an anticlimactic “hurry up and wait” gathering or one of the best pranks in military history — perhaps both — the culmination of a centuries-old mystery at the U.S. Military Academy amounted to little more than some dirt.

Academy staff said they expect to sift through the silt and will research a marking on the underside of the container’s lid in the near future, but for now, it appears as if the container’s contents — and its generational ties — are merely dust in the wind.

Well, so much for Republican dreams.

[NewHendoLib]

1. Another Geraldo-type moment!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. A composted pet squirrel, perhaps.

[Xavier Breath]

3. If back in 1828 they actually planted a whole lot of nothing on purpose

then all I have to say is Bravo! Well played, sirs

[malthaussen]

4. Aw, too bad.

But whoever thought up that prank is awesome.

-- Mal

[Think. Again.]

5. An excellent Cadet-worthy prank!

Well-done Sirs!

[gratuitous]

6. 11,780 votes from Georgia?

Tomorrow's conspiracy stories today for a better yesterday.

[blogslug]

7. Maybe it's Thaddeus Kosciuszko's ashes?

Also, why a lead box? Was that just a thing they did at that time?

[Igel]

8. Rust resistant.

And lead tends to be a preservative.

[Rachel M at 6 pm]

9. "Box content enthusiast Brad Pitt and the West Point box time capsule"

That's the caption under a photo of the capsule and Pitt's character in Seven

[Iggo]

10. Box content enthusiast.

[First Speaker]

11. Hmmm...1828. Was that when Poe was one of the cadets...?

...if so, that "dirt" just might have some terrifying implications...just sayin'...

[Angleae]

13. Poe?

[First Speaker]

14. Edgar Allen Poe went to West Point for awhile at just about that time...

[Maru Kitteh]

12. Did it have a bow on it?

That shoulda been the first clue.