Kentucky Removed A Confederate Statue And An Old Bottle Of Bourbon Was Found Inside Of The Pedestal

Kelly Allen
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From Delish

While removing a statue of the Confederate president Jefferson Davis from the state capitol in Kentucky, workers discovered an old empty bottle of bourbon and a decades-old newspaper. Nothing like a drink and staying informed while on the job, right?

The workers removed the statue in Frankfurt after Kentucky’s Historic Properties Advisory Commission voted to take it down in response to the widespread call to remove symbols of racism and slavery. Inside the base of the statue, there was an empty bottle of Glenmore Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a copy of the State Journal newspaper from October 20, 1936, which was the day the statue was put up.

Sure enough, people responded to the discovery on Twitter with jokes. One person asked if the bottle was originally full, and another replied, "Jeff may have drunk it whilst on the pedestal." Others said it was an intentional time capsule. Another person wrote, "Even in 1936 they needed whiskey to read the news."

On Twitter, Kentucky’s governor Andy Beshear shared that he “pressed the button to bring it down,” and “now, every child who walks into their Capitol feels welcome.” The statue is being moved to a Jefferson Davis state historic site, WLKY reports.

You simply have to wonder if the person who left these artifacts in the statue did it on purpose or forgot he left them there. If the bottle of bourbon was filled, it’d be pretty symbolic, like, say, whoever left it knew that the people taking it down one day may need a drink.

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