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Dred (& Harriet) Scott Playfield Multi-Cache

Hidden : 6/19/2020
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Placed on Juneteenth to honor the Scotts.

 

How many parks have you been to and never learned where they got their name? I am honored to live near a park named after Dred Scott.

In 2013, there were interpretive plaques placed around Dred Scott Playfield commemorating the story of Dred and Harriet Scott. Stage one brings you to one of these plaques where you can learn about the Scotts and get the information needed to find the final.

 

Solve for: N 44° 4(A).(B)(C)(C) W 093° 2(D).(E)(FG)

A = Day in November 1971 when Bloomington City Council approved the naming of the City's largest playfield complex to honor Dred Scott

B = Year Dred and Harriet Scott sued for their freedom - 18B7

C = Day in March 1857 when the legal battle ended

D = The Dred Scott decision was eventually repudiated by how many Amendments to the US Constitution

E = Dred and Harriet Scott were voluntarily freed on May E6, 1857

FG = Dred Scott died in 18FG but Harriet Scott lived to see the conclusion of the Civil War and the passage of the constitutional amendments.

 

Congrats. ThePurplePuppy for FTF!

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

V nz gnyy rabhtu ng 6' gb ergevrir naq ercynpr. Yvxryl arrq n GBGG vs fubegre.

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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