"Soldiers Monument" Traditional Cache

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Massquerade: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note. The cache owner should retrieve any remaining cache contents at their earliest convenience.

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Hidden : 5/29/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This is # 8 of of a series of caches,

"A Cache A Day While On Vaca - "Soldier's Monument"

" SOLDIERS MONUMENT - 1867 "

With a population of only twelve hundred souls, Ludlow enlisted one hundred and twenty recruits for the war, or one for every- ten persons. I know of no town that did better; and yet the proportion in the Revolutionary conflict was not much greater

The names of sixteen, who went out from these pleasant, quiet homes, and never came back alive, having perished in the terrible strife, are now written on yonder soldiers' monument, erected to commemorate the bravery of their deeds and their martyr-like deaths. I knew many of them well, and from an intimacy with some, esteemed them highly for their moral worth and manly virtues. May I pronounce their names

Capt. H. A. Hubbard
D. Pratt
Robert Parsons
W. W. Washburne
Flavius J. Putnam
John Coash
E. F. Brooks
A. O. Pott
13. Crowningshield
L. Bennett
E. Lyon
D. D. Currier
H. M. Pease
H. W. Aldrich

All these men whose names have been called died young, some on the field of battle, some in hospitals, and more still in the infamous rebel prison at Andersonville. But they lived not in vain. They actually achieved for themselves, in their short lives, a reputation to which but few comparatively attain.

You will be looking for a camo tube (approx. 1 x 7).

Contents include a log and pen.

This monument got my attention and thought it was appropriate seeing that we just celebrated "Memorial Day".a few days ago.

Should be a quick grab & go.

Thanks for visiting the few who sacraficed their lives for us!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg vf ybpngrq arne gur pbeare bs Ylba naq Cengg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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