There was an exciting bit of news for history buffs in Boston yesterday where a time capsule believed to have been buried by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams in 1795 was retrieved from underneath the Massachusetts State House:
Original contents of unearthed State House time capsule first placed in 1795 http://t.co/mS34SqfSEt pic.twitter.com/SgmnvKYXLo
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) December 12, 2014
Time capsule buried by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere in 1795 is unearthed in Boston: http://t.co/yfrMCKXYsp pic.twitter.com/i6aZuEMdrZ
— ABC News (@ABC) December 12, 2014
So this is pretty cool: 1795 time capsule unearthed in Boston capitol. http://t.co/adqeoYIziX pic.twitter.com/jaZen3fCMX
— WBIR Channel 10 (@wbir) December 12, 2014
And here is Jonah Goldberg with a funny, and probably prescient prediction of what happens next:
Nicholas Cage call your agent. I smell National Treasure III in the air…http://t.co/A2puUTjvEi
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) December 12, 2014
That’s a horrible thought, but deep down we know he’s right.
@JonahNRO Get M.Night Schmamalamdingdong to direct it, and you have the worst movie ever made. Soundtrack by Cher.
— CHS Conservative (@JosephKurt1) December 12, 2014
Even without Cher it would be a pretty bad movie.
Actually, the next step for the capsule is a trip to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts where it will be X-rayed on Sunday in an attempt to determine its contents.
So, what is inside? Some predictions and hopes:
@FoxNews found the plans for the new world order. What? luminaries not illuminati? Never mind.
— Daryl Tremblay Blue Blazer Irregular (@DarylT) December 12, 2014
Amazing! Can't wait to learn what's inside! Hopefully some of our founder's common sense! http://t.co/voV5wmKX1K
— Col. Rob Maness ret. (@RobManess) December 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/abazoe/status/543410651566440448
@JonahNRO A parchment inside says: "Beware the Progressives."
— John J. Miller (@heymiller) December 12, 2014
The 1795 time capsule unearthed in Massachusetts has a newspaper in it with the wedding announcement of Larry King's very first marriage.
— Tim Hamilton (@TmoneyHamilton) December 12, 2014
I hope that Paul Revere's time capsule has a note in it that says, "Whatever you do, don't write any pedantic poems about me!!!!!"
— Meghan O’Keefe (@megsokay) December 12, 2014
And Michelle Malkin has a wish of her own:
Too bad we can't pack the D.C. corruptocrats from both parties into a time machine & send 'em all back to 1795. http://t.co/HYtctIQ0dn
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 12, 2014
That’s a really great idea … but only if Nicolas Cage isn’t in the movie adaptation.
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