West Point Time Capsule Rekindles Interest in Revolutionary War Figure

West Point archeologist Paul Hudson (L) and Kevin Hultslander from the West Point Garrison Department of Public Works opened a 200-year-old time capsule at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on Aug. 28, 2023. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

The recent discovery of a nearly 200-year-old time capsule at West Point has rekindled the public’s interest in Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a key figure in the Revolutionary War and the subsequent founding of the nation.

Measuring about one square foot and made of lead, the time capsule was found in the base of the Kosciuszko Monument during renovation in May.