Don't Tread On Me! Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/28/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A simple nano hidden at the riverfront just behind the Korean War Memorial. Seeing as this cache was hidden on Memorial day, I thought it fitting it place a cache here and to tell you a little history. Please note the difficulty is for all of the muggles roaming about, the actual hide should be simple.

Don't Tread On Me

so don´t tread on me

Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
never begins it, never, but once engaged...
never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage

so don't tread on me

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear
evermore...

don't tread on me

love it or leave it, she with the deadly bite
quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
shining with brightness, always on surveillance
the eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance

oh no no no

so don't tread on me

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What some of you may know is that the above section of lyrics are to the song "Don't Tread On Me" by Metallica. What you may not know is the phrase "Don't Tread On Me" dates back to the revolutionary war where it was printed on a flag, beneath an Eastern Timber Rattlesnake, known as the Gadsden Flag.

The use of a snake in defiance of something, and to represent the unity of the colonies goes back some 20 years earlier when Benjamin Franklin drew a broken snake and published it on his newspaper. The idea of it was to unite the colonies during the French and Indian war. Over the next 20 years the use of a snake grew throughout the colonies appearing in newspapers, on money, and eventually on uniform buttons and of course on flags.

Finally in 1775 to attain ammunition for Washington's Army, the Continental Army authorized the creation of a Continental Navy along with five companies of Marines. What's particularly interesting is that some of the Marines that enlisted that month in Philadelphia were carrying drums painted yellow, emblazoned with a fierce rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, with thirteen rattles, and sporting the motto "Don't Tread on Me."

It is believed that what is known as the Gadsden flag was first used by Commodore Hopkins on his ship the Alfred, and was given to him by Christopher Gadsden. I could go on for a while more talking about these two men and the contributions they made, but there's a cache to be found as well. When you get to the site, take a few moments and stop at the War Memorial and remember the contributions they also made.

For more information on the Gadsden flag check out http://www.foundingfathers.info/stories/gadsden.html

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abegu Ebj

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)


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