Minnesota Spirit Quest - MnSQ: Ottawa’s Cemetery
The cache is not located near a grave... Please be respectful and cache in, trash out. Also, please only search for cache during daylight hours.
At the posted coordinates, you should look for the gravestone of Coast Guards Women and Sisters Dorothy and Lillian Hayes, both of whom served during World War II.
On Nov. 23, 1942, legislation was approved creating yet another arm of the U.S. Coast Guard, one that would pave the way for Coast Guard women of today - The U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve, also known as the SPARs.
Although the Coast Guard had done many jobs since 1790 without taking women into its enlisted or officer ranks, the onset of a world war changed the course of history for women in all the armed services. When World War II came, the Coast Guard and the other services found themselves in great need of more men at sea and more troops on foreign soil. They acknowledged that filling U.S. shore jobs with women would allow more men to serve elsewhere and hasten the war effort.
The SPARs were the answer to the Coast Guard's problem. These women were under military direction, and they were subject to assignment according to the needs of the service. This was one of the key factors in using women as part of the military force. The jobs they were filling could not have been done by civilians working for the armed forces because they were not as mobile and did not fall under military law and discipline.
On the gravestone, Lil Hayes was born on what day? Consider this AB.
Then:
N44 23.(469+AB)
W93 56.(266+AB)