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Contents are displayed from a time capsule thought to be nearly 200-years-old during a ceremony in the Robinson Auditorium at Thayer Hall of the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, on August 28, 2023. The sealed lead time capsule measuring about one square foot was discovered in the Thaddeus Kosciuszko monument's base during recent renovations. Academy officials determined the capsule was placed in the base of the Kosciuszko monument 26 years after the academy's founding by cadets in 1828. The capsule was found to be mostly empty other than grey sediment. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)