From the transcript of an August 2023 ceremony marking the unveiling of a time capsule discovered under a nineteenth-century monument at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

jennifer voigtschild: Are we ready to see what is in that box?

audience: Yeah!

steven w. gilland: This is pretty cool. I mean, think about it. When’s the last time a time capsule has been opened here? Nobody has any idea what’s inside of it.

shane r. reeves: That thing has been sitting undisturbed for…