WCG - Brother Against Brother Traditional Geocache
WCG - Brother Against Brother
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The Washington County GeoTrail
WCG - Brother Against Brother
The Washington County GeoTrail (WCG) launched on Saturday, September 14, 2013. The Trail consists of over thirty-five (35) geocaches placed at points of interest all over the County. Caches will be found in National, State, County and Town parks as well as at museums, wineries, historical sites and places of natural beauty. A trackable geocoin was awarded to the first 500 geocachers who completed the Washington County Geotrail. The original allotment of Coins has been exhausted and new parameters to receive the updated Coin are below.
To be eligible for the coin, GeoCachers may download the Washington County GeoTrail passport online at www.visitHAGERSTOWN.com or pick one up in person at the Visitor Welcome Center at 6 N. Potomac Street. Completed passports may be verified on site at the above address or by mail.
Please note the following Change. Washington County GeoCoins will be available for purchase at the Visitor Welcome Center for GeoCachers who log 20 or more caches on the Washington County GeoTrail. The cost of the GeoCoin will be $10. An additional $3.50 shipping charge will apply for passports redeemed by mail. For more information about geocaching in Washington County and the full complement of local amenities, the above links are your gateway to historically beautiful Washington County!
Participating in the WCG geotrail is fun and we hope that many people join in. However, it is not a requirement for logging your find on this cache once you find the container.
WCG – Brother Against Brother
About the carnage at Antietam, the sheer volume of words poured out on pages over the years is certainly commensurate to the volume of blood shed on the soil there. Indeed! The twelve hours of savage combat resulted in 23,000 casualties and left the landscape temporarily stained red. The stain on the American psyche then and now is indelible.
The small hamlet of Sharpsburg and every hamlet, domicile and barn for miles in all directions transformed into a huge hospital and burial ground, as the death toll from wounds and disease in subsequent days was greater than that of those physically killed that fateful day – September 17, 1862.
Of Alexander Gardner’s first ever photographs showing dead on the field of battle, the New York Times said it was as if the “dead had been laid at our doorsteps.”
Antietam was the first major engagement between the North and South on northern soil. The resulting stalemate and General Lee’s retreat was President Lincoln’s incentive to issue the Emancipation of Proclamation.
Geocachers, there’s much more here than a smiley. Plan to spend some time. Visit these sites of great moment. Internalize and appreciate what this represents. The current generation has lost history and its place in it, and the oft-quoted aphorism applies - those who forget the past will assuredly have to relive it.
Permission for this cache has been granted by NPS Antietam National Battlefield. It is open all year. The Visitor Center is open daily from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
There is NO access to this cache outside of the posted hours. Please plan accordingly.
This IS a fee use area. Fees are as follows: Three Day Pass ($4.00 per person, 15 and under Free); $6.00 Per Family. If you do not purchase fee use, please drop some coin or paper in the container provided just inside the building. There is ample parking nearby.
The Washington County GeoTrail wishes to Thank the Hagerstown Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau for their timely and continuing assistance with this Washington County adventure.
The WCG also wishes to thank the following geocachers who spent countless hours in planning and deploying the caches – ALs Guide, Always Lost 00, Kitakima, LPYankeefan, nomaland, Snurt, tazscouter, and tiger77aam.
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