Civic Duty LbNA #22793 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jun 5, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Columbia |
| County: | Boone |
| State: | Missouri |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | onemeangreenbean  |
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| Found by: | thefiveBs |
| Last found: | Nov 12, 2006 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFaaaaa |
| Last edited: | Jun 5, 2006 |
**6/3/2007
Almost 1 year to the day of planting this one, I returned to check on its condition. Found the box with about 1/2 inch of water in the bottom and in need of some repair. Luckily the logbook was still in fairly good condition. I'll post a notice when I've replanted it...hopefully soon!
HISTORY LESSON:
The United States Constitution, penned in 1787, originally only granted the right to vote to white males who owned property and were able to pay poll taxes. Not until 1870, more than 80 years later, were all US Male citizens granted the right to vote. Restrictions still existed that excluded most African American voters - it would be another 100 years until those restrictions were completely removed. In 1920, women finally received the right to vote after 50 years of protests, pickets, and civil disobedience. Not until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were most all restrictions, except citizenship, removed in order to eradicate racial barriers that had prevented minority citizens from voting for nearly 200 years.
None of these achievements in granting the right to vote to marginalized populations has come without a struggle. From the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution, to the Civil War, the Women's Suffrage Movement, and the modern Civil Rights Movement, Americans have fought for 200 years to gain the right to vote. They have gone to war, protested, picketed, been arrested, been jailed, and finally been successful in their attempt to gain such a basic and coveted right. Why then do most contemporary American citizens, who now have the right to vote, neglect to do so? No matter what the political propaganda, the seemingly insignificant effect, or the hassle of trudging out to the polls, we must always remember how important it is that our voice can now be heard.
BACKGROUND:
"CIVIC DUTY" was created in honor of the right to vote, and my belief that it is paramount that we exercise such a right as often as possible so that we never lose it.
This letterbox is located in a central-Columbia city park, whose name is often mispronounced. The land on which Again (pronounced "Eh-gan") Street Park sits is actually owned by the Columbia Public School District and then leased back to the city for the purpose of maintaining a lovely park with nice facilities.
This is a quick, easy hunt by design because this box carries an important message that benefits all...do your Civic Duty, find this letterbox, and VOTE! The park has a nice playground that should satisfy those who aren't quite old enough to hand in a ballot.
Please bring your own ink, I recommend red or blue. You'll need a compass as the directions include a bearing, but it can easily be done without one.
DIRECTIONS/ CLUES: (Finally!)
From Columbia, take I-70 to the Providence RD/ MO 163 Exit (#126) and head south. Turn Right (West) on Worley St. to West Boulevard. Turn Left (South) on West Boulevard and make a quick Right onto Again St. (The street sign is turned funny and difficult to see, but it is the 1st right and runs along West Boulevard Elementary School...if you reach a 4-way stop, you went too far). About halfway down the block there is a parking area on the left, before you reach the sign for the park. Park here, near the eastern end of the parking lot closest to what looks like a wooden gate standing sentinel over a drainage.
Hop out of your car and hit the paved exercise trail that starts east of the wooden gate and meanders south. If you choose the wrong path, you'll quickly end up at a picnic shelter...come back and pick up the one further east. Follow this path as it winds along the border of the park and the elementary school playground. At the 2nd exercise area, find "Vitacourse #6". Do several toe touches to warm up, and then take a bearing of 300 degrees and head 11 paces to an outcropping of underbrush with 2 trees twisted together and 1 tree leaning in the direction from which you just came. Hit the dirt and peer around behind the leaning tree. Remove a few rocks and find your polling place.
You may wish to move to another area in order to stamp in. There are lots of shady spaces to choose from.
After stamping in, head down toward the creek and poke around. The wetter areas are home to a number of large bull frogs that provide good entertainment while walking along the creek.
Please be discreet while searching for Civic Duty in this busy park. Re-hide completely by replacing rocks and leaves so that no part of the box is visible. Also, drop me a line when you get back to civilization using the "contact the placer" link and tell me how the box is doing, what you thought of the hunt, or your personal philosophy on life.
Almost 1 year to the day of planting this one, I returned to check on its condition. Found the box with about 1/2 inch of water in the bottom and in need of some repair. Luckily the logbook was still in fairly good condition. I'll post a notice when I've replanted it...hopefully soon!
HISTORY LESSON:
The United States Constitution, penned in 1787, originally only granted the right to vote to white males who owned property and were able to pay poll taxes. Not until 1870, more than 80 years later, were all US Male citizens granted the right to vote. Restrictions still existed that excluded most African American voters - it would be another 100 years until those restrictions were completely removed. In 1920, women finally received the right to vote after 50 years of protests, pickets, and civil disobedience. Not until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were most all restrictions, except citizenship, removed in order to eradicate racial barriers that had prevented minority citizens from voting for nearly 200 years.
None of these achievements in granting the right to vote to marginalized populations has come without a struggle. From the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution, to the Civil War, the Women's Suffrage Movement, and the modern Civil Rights Movement, Americans have fought for 200 years to gain the right to vote. They have gone to war, protested, picketed, been arrested, been jailed, and finally been successful in their attempt to gain such a basic and coveted right. Why then do most contemporary American citizens, who now have the right to vote, neglect to do so? No matter what the political propaganda, the seemingly insignificant effect, or the hassle of trudging out to the polls, we must always remember how important it is that our voice can now be heard.
BACKGROUND:
"CIVIC DUTY" was created in honor of the right to vote, and my belief that it is paramount that we exercise such a right as often as possible so that we never lose it.
This letterbox is located in a central-Columbia city park, whose name is often mispronounced. The land on which Again (pronounced "Eh-gan") Street Park sits is actually owned by the Columbia Public School District and then leased back to the city for the purpose of maintaining a lovely park with nice facilities.
This is a quick, easy hunt by design because this box carries an important message that benefits all...do your Civic Duty, find this letterbox, and VOTE! The park has a nice playground that should satisfy those who aren't quite old enough to hand in a ballot.
Please bring your own ink, I recommend red or blue. You'll need a compass as the directions include a bearing, but it can easily be done without one.
DIRECTIONS/ CLUES: (Finally!)
From Columbia, take I-70 to the Providence RD/ MO 163 Exit (#126) and head south. Turn Right (West) on Worley St. to West Boulevard. Turn Left (South) on West Boulevard and make a quick Right onto Again St. (The street sign is turned funny and difficult to see, but it is the 1st right and runs along West Boulevard Elementary School...if you reach a 4-way stop, you went too far). About halfway down the block there is a parking area on the left, before you reach the sign for the park. Park here, near the eastern end of the parking lot closest to what looks like a wooden gate standing sentinel over a drainage.
Hop out of your car and hit the paved exercise trail that starts east of the wooden gate and meanders south. If you choose the wrong path, you'll quickly end up at a picnic shelter...come back and pick up the one further east. Follow this path as it winds along the border of the park and the elementary school playground. At the 2nd exercise area, find "Vitacourse #6". Do several toe touches to warm up, and then take a bearing of 300 degrees and head 11 paces to an outcropping of underbrush with 2 trees twisted together and 1 tree leaning in the direction from which you just came. Hit the dirt and peer around behind the leaning tree. Remove a few rocks and find your polling place.
You may wish to move to another area in order to stamp in. There are lots of shady spaces to choose from.
After stamping in, head down toward the creek and poke around. The wetter areas are home to a number of large bull frogs that provide good entertainment while walking along the creek.
Please be discreet while searching for Civic Duty in this busy park. Re-hide completely by replacing rocks and leaves so that no part of the box is visible. Also, drop me a line when you get back to civilization using the "contact the placer" link and tell me how the box is doing, what you thought of the hunt, or your personal philosophy on life.