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A Scout is Thrifty Traditional Cache

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BSA Troop 220: We think it's time to archive this one.

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Hidden : 8/27/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Since the publication of "Scouting for Boys" in 1908, Scouts around the world have subscribed to a Scout Law. The wording of the law has varied over time and among Scouting organizations, but it remains the guideline that young men in the program have used for more than 100 years.


Scouting may be a worldwide movement, but that doesn't mean they all recite the same Scout Law. In fact, U.S. and Canadian Scouts recite the shortest versions of it. The U.S. version was initially identical to the British version -- where Boy Scouting had been created three years earlier -- but by the time American Scouting had observed its first birthday, the Scout Law had been modified several times.

 

Since August 1911, this is the Scout Law recited by American youth: "A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent."

 

This is one of a series of 12 caches hidden by Frederick BSA Troop 220 to celebrate the Scout Law.  Scouts created their own containers and selected their sites to hide their caches, based on their interpretation of how local landmarks exemplify the Scout Law. This cache was hidden by Brandon B., a Life Scout with the Troop at the time he placed it. (Brandon went on to become an Eagle Scout.) The title is reflective of one of the nearby stores.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx ybj

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)