Ever since a box from nearly 200 years ago was found under a monument at the U.S. Military Academy in May, cadets have wondered what was inside. Their predictions included a flag, a bayonet, a class ring or a diary.
This week, academy leaders said they would “unlock secrets from the past” when they opened the time capsule during a live-streamed ceremony. “Exciting Reminder!” the academy tweeted on Sunday, urging viewers to set their alarms for the Monday unveiling.
The roughly one-square-foot box — hidden under a black cloth — took center stage during the ceremony in West Point, N.Y.
Historian Jennifer Voigtschild opened the event by asking cadets, military officers and civilians in attendance: “Are we ready to see what is in that box?”
But when the cloth was removed and an archaeologist carefully lifted off the top cover to reveal the interior, spectators laughed. There was only silt inside.
“The box didn’t quite meet expectations,” Paul Hudson, an archaeologist at the academy, told the crowd... (our emphasis)
So, in other words, they didn't find dick in the box. (Sorry.)
The rest of the news item is pretty amusing, with the Academy's expectations matching those of Geraldo Rivera when he infamously opened Al Capone's vault in 1986 on live TV, with similar results.
