Stars And Stripes Forever Multi-cache
Stars And Stripes Forever
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Part of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Series. This cache is located at the grave site of an American Patriot.
The Star-Spangled Banner
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
History:
During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key, while a prisoner on a British ship in Baltimore Harbor, was inspired to write our National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." Over his grave and monument in Mount Olivet Cemetery, the Stars and Stripes is never lowered.
Frederick has become conspicuous in history being the last resting place of Francis Scott Key, who was born in 1779 in his father's country home near Keysville, between Emmitsburg and Taneytown. He practiced law in Frederick from 1800 to 1805.
Francis Scott Key's song of victory, written after the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British has never ceased to inspire American patriotism. It was officially adopted as the National Anthem by Act of Congress approved by President Herbert Hoover on March 3, 1931.
Near the entrance of this beautiful cemetery stands this fitting monument. Designed by Alexander Doyle of New York City, it was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies on August 9, 1898. It was paid for by dollars and dimes contributed by individuals from all over the country, supplemented by an appropriation of $5,000 from the State of Maryland in 1897. It's total cost was in excess of $25,000. The figure of Key is 9'5" in height, the monument itself is 16' and the circumference 45'.
The restoration of the monument was performed by the internationally recognized founder and sculptor, Eleftherios Karkadoulias of Cincinnati, Ohio. Rededication ceremonies were held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on June 7, 1987.
Key's birthplace was at "Terra Rubra" in Frederick County. He practiced law in Frederick with his brother-in-law, Roger Brooke Taney, who later became the famed judge of the United States Supreme Court. Later practice was at Georgetown, D.C., with his uncle, Philip Barton Key.
The Cache:
Three markers will lead the way to where the cache doth lay:
Marker One: National Society United States Daughters of 1812
N 39° 24.378 W 077° 24.757
Add the day that this tribute was placed to the first digit in the year it was placed to = A.
Marker Two: * Rotary International *
N 39° 24.367 W 077° 24.767
Use the last digit in the year that this marker was placed to = B.
Marker Three: Time Capsule
N 39° 24.374 W 077° 24.771
Use the day that this marker was placed to = C.
Final Cache location is at N 39*24.B6C W 077*24.7A2
To claim this cache please sign the logsheet provided and answer the following question:
On what month and day was the time capsule buried at Stage Three? Interestingly enough this also the primary cache owners birth day.
There is NO need to lower the flag itself. By Federal decree it is never lowered except in times of mourning.
A few rules from the cemetery itself:
1. No children permitted without an adult.
2. No dogs or pets permitted.
3. Gates open from 8:00 AM till 5:00 PM.
4. Main gates open from April 1 to September 1, 8:00 AM till 7:00 PM.
5. Automobiles or other vehicles shall proceed at no speed greater than 20 MPH.
6. No vehicles allowed on any grassy area.
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