GC7QW6C BWTG - June 2018 (Event Cache) in Michigan, United States created by Moldslug

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Moldslug: Much like our run at 'The Cracker Barrel of Death', it is time to move on.

I hope to see everyone at the new place, LaRue's Family Restaurant!

GC7QW6C ▼

A cache by Moldslug Message this owner

Hidden : Thursday, June 21, 2018

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Size: Size: other (other)

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BWTG - March 2018

Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 6:30am - 7:30am.

What's Special on today?

Events

1734 – In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
1749 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
1768 – James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court. His catchphrase "Taxation without representation is tyranny" became the basic Patriot position.
1788 – New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state in the United States.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain.
1915 – The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
1964 – Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
1970 – Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date. Very sad because ‘Trains are Cool.
1989 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson that American flag-burning was a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.
2004 – SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
2005 – Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been acquitted for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004 - see 1964 above).

Birthdays

1759 – Alexander J. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1817) grandson of Benjamin Franklin.
1781 – Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
1850 – Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, co-founded the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1941)
1903 – Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, painter and illustrator (d. 2003)
1916 – Herbert Friedman, American physicist and astronomer (d. 2000) He was an American pioneer in the application of sounding rockets to solar physics, aeronomy, and astronomy. He was also a statesman and public advocate for science.
1921 – Jane Russell, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
1933 – Bernie Kopell, American actor and comedian. Doc!
1957 – Berkeley Breathed, American author and illustrator
1961 – Kip Winger, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
1979 – Chris Pratt, American actor and Star-Lord
1982 – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

Deaths

1377 – Edward III of England (b. 1312)
1527 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer of the Renaissance period. (b. 1469) I’m willing to bet today he could write a follow up novel to ‘The Prince’ with lots of material to work with.
1631 – John Smith, English admiral and explorer (b. 1580) He played an important role in the establishment of the Jamestown colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America.
1893 – Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824) As head of the Central Pacific Railroad that built the western portion of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" over the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, Nevada, and Utah, Stanford presided at the ceremonial driving of the Golden Spike in Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869. See, Trains are Cool.
1954 – Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (b. 1880)
1964 – Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (b. 1943)
1964 – James Chaney, American civil rights activist (b. 1943)
1964 – Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (b. 1939)
1985 – Hector Boyardee, Italian-American chef and businessman, founded Chef Boyardee (b. 1897) Yes, there really was a Chef Boyardee.
2001 – Carroll O'Connor, American actor and producer (b. 1924)
2007 – Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (b. 1918)

Today is ” The Summer Solstice ”!

A solstice is an event occurring when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around June 21 and December 21. The seasons of the year are determined by reference to both the solstices and the equinoxes.

Well here in the northern hemisphere that means today is the longest day of the year giving us the maximum daylight to go geocaching! Yeah there will people partying at Stonehenge in England, or maybe a few in Nunica, but for the rest of us not near a pagan ritual site or possibly a Mayan ruin we can still get out there and enjoy the fact that the earth is round and wobbly giving us this day with an enjoyable 15 hours and 16 minutes worth of daylight here in Kalamazoo. And if you want push the limits for those cemetery hides, dusk to dawn is 16 hours and 25 minutes. Woohoo civil twilight @ 5:31am!

The event??
Breakfast With The Gang. Breakfast With The Geocachers. Bulging Waistlines Totally Grew. Breakfast With The Goofballs. Beware When Travis Geocaches. Breakfast With Team Geochef. Best Way To Geocache. Breakfast While Talking Geocaching. BWTG="Brian-Wussy; Travis-Greatest".

Call it what you want, but whatever you call it, it IS good food and great company. So let's get together, talk caching, and eat!

When?
Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 6:30am - 7:30am. (Oh yes, AM, in the morning, bright and early, rise and shine sleepy head). You may stay longer if you'd like, that depends on what time you have to show up for work or be somewhere else.

Where?
We will be meeting for a good, hearty breakfast at Cracker Barrel, just South of I-94.

Who?
Everyone is welcome at the event!

What Do I Bring?
Bring a good, hearty appetite and be ready to share some of the best memories you have of geocaching; including, but not limited to, best caches, best events, best hospital story, best encounter with local law enforcement authorities, etc.

Celebrating a Milestone?
We want to know! Post it on the event page and you'll be acknowledged here as an official part of this event's history!

What do I do AFTER the event?
If you don't have to go to work or be somewhere else, we suggest you get out and cache!!! Either alone or with one of the groups that will, undoubtedly, be formed before, during or after the event. And yes there is a Stonehenge in Nunica with a cache near it.

Additional Hints (No hints available.)