Shoot, If You Must, This Old Gray Head... Traditional Cache

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FrancisScottKey: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 9/11/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Part of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Series. This cache is located near the graves of Maryland's first governor and a central figure in the history of Frederick.

Located at the confluence of roads within Mount Olivet Cemetery are the graves of Thomas Johnson and Barbara Fritchie. Both central figures in the history of Frederick.

A bit of history about each:

Governor Thomas Johnson:

Thomas Johnson, Revolutionary patriot, was a Fredericktonian. He was born in 1732, the same year as his friend and associate George Washington.

At the time of the Revolution, Johnson was a prominent member of the Continental Congress. He nominated George Washington for Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, and was the first Governor of the State of Maryland.

He was Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and in 1792 wrote the first opinion found in the United States Supreme Court Reports.

He was a member of the commission that laid out the National Capitol.

A bust of Johnson is in Court House Park. "Rose Hill," his colonial home, still stands as one of the showplaces of Frederick.

Barbara Fritchie:

In 1862, General Stonewall Jackson of Lee's Confederate Army, marched west through the streets of Frederick on the first invasion of the North. From the window of Barbara Fritchie's home on Patrick Street waved a lone Union flag, storiedly tempting the Rebel soldiers to shoot. But Dame Barbara's gray head emerged from the window, challenging the troops to fire away at her, "but spare your country's flag." His spirit of nobility aroused, Jackson is reputed to have ordered - "Who touches a hair of yon gray head, dies like a dog! March on!"

Frederick is perhaps more widely known through Barbara Fritchie than in any other way. In 1912, the Barbara Fritchie Memorial Association was organixed to raise funds for the monument to the Civil War heroine.

In 1913 the remains of Barbara Fritchie and her husband, John C. Fritchie, were moved from the Old German Reformed graveyard to Mount Olivet Cemetery.

The Barbara Fritchie Monument was unveiled on September 9, 1914. It is of Maryland granite and it has a bronze tablet with the profile of Barbara Fritchie and the complete text of Whittier's poem.

In order to claim this cache you must find the cache container and sign the logsheet within.

Additionally, while not necessary to claim a find, those who wish to may answer the following questions by e-mail. No answers on the cache page (even if encrypted, please):

1. Inset into the grave marker of Thomas Johnson is a copper piece with an inscription. Please tell me what it says.

2. On the back side of the monument to Barbara Fritchie is the name of the group who erected the monument. Please tell me who erected the moument and when.

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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FTF honors go to mjb007!!! Congratulations !!!

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