The cache IS NOT at the posted coordinates.
I love almost everything about Germany and am proud of my German roots so I figured I would recreate a series of caches I did in Germany here in NE Ohio. I hope you enjoy them as much as the Germans did.
Each of the people in this series were Made (born) in Germany. Later in life they immigrated to America and became citizens of United States. Many of them had a great influence on the USA and the rest of the world. I hope that each person who completes this series learns a little bit more about how our two countries, German and The United States of America, are forever connected. So here we go! See if you can figure out who this person is or was.
To solve the mystery you need to determine the person and their year of birth and death.
HINT:
I am a man
I was born in what today is Saxony-Anhalt
I have been dead a long time
I was a homosexual.
Too difficult? These hints might make it easier.
I entered the Prussian military when I was 16
I met Benjamin Franklin in Ireland before I arrived in America
I fought in Europe's War of 1744, The Seven Year War, and the American Revolution.
I arrived in Portsmouth New Hampshire in December of 1777 and was almost immediately arrested for being British because I mistakenly wore a red uniform.
I became an American citizen in March 1784
Do you know who I am now? Here are your final clues.
I served as General George Washington's Aide-de-camp near the end of the Revolutionary War.
In May of 1778, the Continental Congress appointed me as Inspector General of the Continental Army with the rank of Major General.
Even to this day I am considered the "Father of the Non-Commissioned Officers Corp.
I am celebrated on a day in September with parades in many cities in the USA to include New York City and Chicago.
Counties in New York and Indiana honor my name as well as TWO cities in Ohio.
My face is on a 2 cent US stamp.
I wrote what is commonly known as the "Blue Book" which established the much needed military standards of discipline. This essentially led to the Continental Army winning the Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
Cache Coordinates:
N 41.(42.940 - Year of Birth)
W 81.(08.324 + Year of Death)
All the caches in this series
