Liberty Pole Traditional Cache
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This cache is a tribute to the Minutemen of Boxborough and surrounding towns, past and present. It is a micro capsule, hidden very well, but in plain sight. Bring your own pen or pancil. This is in an open area with frequent muggles; be stealthy.
Some background... In colonial days, a liberty pole was a tall wooden pole, often used as a type of flagstaff, planted in the ground. It was originally used to fly a red flag to call the townspeople, or Sons of Liberty, to meet and vent their frustrations with British rule and soon became a symbol of resistance to the Crown. The Royal authorities outlawed the flying of such red flags, and British troops purposefully cut down the poles whenever they found one - they cut down Concord's liberty pole before the battle began there in April 1775. To circumvent the Royal prohibition, the Sons of Liberty substituted a red cap, which has become a symbol of freedom that appears on many seals and coats of arms as a sign of liberty, freedom, and independence. As a continuing tribute to the spirit of Liberty that launched the Revolutionary War, the Boxborough and Littleton Minutemen of today hold a “Pole Capping” ceremony each year at Littleton's Liberty Square in the early evening of April 19th, the date of the famous march on Concord where the battle was fought with the British at the North bridge in 1775. This cache is hidden on Liberty Square, near the town line with Boxborough. On the square you will see a Liberty Pole, capped in a symbolic red bandana. There is also a monument to the Minutemen who marched to Concord on that fateful day in 1775. The Minuteman on the Boxborough Town Seal is fifer Luther Blanchard, who marched with them. Luther lived on Hill Road in what is now Boxborough, but then it was still part of Littleton. He is believed to have been the first one to be shot in the Battle of Concord. Boxborough’s annual Fifer’s Day town fair is named in his honor, and the current Boxborough Company of Minutemen proudly carry his likeness on their company flag.
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