Pinelawn Memorial Park is open from 8AM to 5PM and is located on Pinelawn Road in Farmingdale, New York. The coordinates listed for this cache are for the first site listed in the red section of this cache.
This multi-cache is now a THREE PART CACHE. In order to claim a “find” you must be able to answer ONE QUESTION FROM EACH OF THE THREE SECTIONS: RED, GREEN and BLUE.. Please email me using the link on this page and send me your answers. You do not have to answer all of the available questions; however you do need at least one answer from each section. If you do not correctly answer the questions your log will be deleted as the purpose of the questions is to demonstrate that you physically visited the different sites.
Please note that Wellwood Cemetery, which is where the "Blue" section of this cache hunt takes place, is not open on Saturday. If you wish to complete this cache on a Saturday, you may send me two red answers and two green answers.
NOTE: Since the requirements for this “find” have dramatically changed, previous finders to 12/27/11 are invited to re-visit this location if they want to log a new “smiley”.
RED SECTION
“Auld Lang Syne” - N 40° 44.726 W 073° 24.230 – This song is most commonly associated with New Year’s Eve. It is also the name of a heated mausoleum at Pinelawn Memorial Park.
There is a fountain in the mausoleum. What is the word that is engraved on the fountain?
Guy Lombardo - N 40° 44.770 W 073° 24.190 – Famous bandleader whose version of “Auld Lang Syne” is the one still played on New Year’s Eve every year.
What is the last name of the couple who are interred above Guy Lombardo?
William “Count” Basie - N 40° 44.771 W 073° 24.183 – Led his “Jazz Orchestra” for over 50 years. Won multiple Grammys, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan and was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1981.
What is the last name of the couple who are interred to the right of Count Basie?
Please note that the three sites in the red section are very close together, so it will only take a couple of minutes to visit all three if you choose to do so.
GREEN SECTION
Alice and John Coltrane - N 40° 44.886 W 073° 23.554 - John Coltrane is one of the most recognized jazz musicians in history despite passing away at the young age of 40.
What is the last name (Joseph and Bertha) on the stone to the left of the Coltrane site?
Roy Wilkins – N 40° 45.116 W 073° 23.589 - Executive Director of the NAACP from 1964-1977. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1967 from President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The two people interred in the plot to the left of Roy Wilkins both passed away in the same year. What year did they both pass away?
Flight 800 plane crash victims - N 40° 45.102 W 073° 23.229 – Tragic flight that crashed off the coast of Long Island on July 17, 1996 and claimed the lives of all 230 people on board.
There is a statue of Thomas Jefferson at this site. His name is listed on the front of the base of the statue. What is on the BACK of the base of the statue?
BLUE SECTION
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - N 40° 44.204 W 073° 23.812 – The first civilians in United States history to ever be executed for espionage.
What is the name of the man on the stone to the left of the Rosenbergs site? He passed away on 12/31/1976.
AGAIN, IN ORDER TO GET CREDIT FOR THIS FIND: YOU MUST E-MAIL ME with the answers to one red question, one green question and one blue question. Non e-mailer's posts will be deleted and please don't post information or pictures that would give any of the answers away.