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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In District of Columbia, United States

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A multi-virtual cache with a surprising connection. Both of the locations are rather obscure monuments located in DC. The first will lead you to the second.

This cache is similar to one of my other virtual caches "Place of Honor" in that the listed location provides details on the ultimate destination. In this case however the two locations are linked, although not obviously so. The other difference is that the physical separation is a bit more, so you might want to consider using some form of transportation to get from the first to the second (Hint: Metro will work with some amount of walking). You may also drive - my GPS V says ~7 minutes with no traffic of course.

The clue you need at the listed location is the year of death of the monument's namesakes.

Calling these 4 digits abcd, plug them into the following formula to get the coordinates of the second part.

Lat: 38 5d.b/3 a d*3
Long: 077 0c.a d*3 0

So for example if you find a year of 1983 the coords should then be : 38 53.319 077 08.190

To claim credit for this cache e-mail me the answer to these 2 questions: 1. What year was the second memorial dedicated? 2. Who was it erected by?

As a bonus (not required for completion) What is the connection between the 2 locations?

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

Cneg 1: Vg'f n sbhagnva, jbeqf/ahzoref ner uneq gb ernq ohg yrtvoyr, cerggl pybfr gb Zvyr Mreb.
Cneg 2: Ybbxf yvxr n fprar sebz n zbivr.
Obahf: Tbbtyr frnepu znl uryc j/ anzrf sbphf ba nopq. (Decrypted Hints)

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Cache Logs

November 8 by maestrosap (1271 found) Very nice virtual cache! I was surprised by the actual finale, which I did not expect so. Thanks for the cache and the quick response! Gruß Maik (Maestrosap) [view this log]

October 30 by turtlefan (111 found) Just logging this for future reference. I got the first part and calculated the location of the second, but unfortunately didn't have time to go there today. I'm sure I'll be back in DC before too long and it's nice to have something like this to look forward to. Thanks. [view this log]

October 9 by kitakima (788 found) I found the second half of this one many moons after the first. TFTC [view this log]

October 5 by Cachew (3044 found) Cool place - TFTC! Cachew - Madison, Wisconsin - Out on a Hunt! - [view this log]

October 4 by potton_wanderer (206 found) Found stage 1, and worked out the final destination, but as it a bit of a distance away and I didn't have a car decided that this one will be a dnf. Nice location for stage 1 though. TFTC [view this log]

Current time: 11/21/2009 8:55:24 AM
Last Updated: 11/11/2009 3:49:28 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum