Bloody Maundy Thursday LbNA #5791 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 26, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Tampere |
| County: | Other International |
| State: | Other International |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Last edited: | Sep 26, 2003 |
This is a letterbox hybrid located in Tampere, southern Finland.
Many of us have heard about Bloody Sunday, perhaps because U2 made a song about it. But do you know what was Bloody Maundy Thursday?
The date of Bloody Maundy Thursday is 28.3.1918. When i was a kid in 1970's and 1980's there was nothing about Bloody Maundy Thursday in school history books. I guess the Civil War of Finland was still an open wound at that time, as so many people who had experienced it, were still alive. Even in this century that war has several names, depending on the background of the person who talks about it.
Bloody Maundy Thursday was part of the Battle of Tampere in 15.3.-6.4.1918. The battle itself was the biggest ever in Nordic countries, if measured by number of soldiers that participated in it. The total number of reds and whites in battles of Tampere was over 30 000, and several thousand people died during those weeks.
In Kalevankangas, the red army was in emplacements on the top of the ridge in 28.3.1918. White army attacked from east and during that day they managed to conquer the ridge, but the price was high - about 1000 men got killed. That's why the name Bloody Maundy Thursday was given to this particular date. The loss of reds was appreciably smaller. More about this battle and Civil War, see http://www.vapaussota.com/taistelut/kalevankangas.html (in fnnish only.)
Nowadays there's not much left to remind us of the battle of Kalevankangas. Only two memorials have been eracted, one to whites and another to reds, who died in civil war.
Your first task is to find those statues.
In the memorial of whites, count the number of unknowns (=A). Unknown is tuntematon in finnish.
In the memorial of reds, pick the biggest number in front of the memorial (=B), the smallest number in front of the memorial (=C) and the number of names in the backside of the memorial (=D).
After this find the most southwestern corner of the cemetery.
Now it's time to calibrate your steps. From the corner to the nearest lightpole it's 8 Captain's footsteps.
When you're ready, walk southwest X steps. X = B + C + D - 3746.
Walk still Y steps southwest from the three door apartment, Y = (2 * A) - 15, and turn right.
Now you are almost at the cache site.
This letterbox is in fact the very first letterbox hybrid in Finland. It's geocache page can be found from
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=94401
This letterbox can be found also in winter. As it is in urban area, please be careful not to reveal it to accidental passer-bys.
Many of us have heard about Bloody Sunday, perhaps because U2 made a song about it. But do you know what was Bloody Maundy Thursday?
The date of Bloody Maundy Thursday is 28.3.1918. When i was a kid in 1970's and 1980's there was nothing about Bloody Maundy Thursday in school history books. I guess the Civil War of Finland was still an open wound at that time, as so many people who had experienced it, were still alive. Even in this century that war has several names, depending on the background of the person who talks about it.
Bloody Maundy Thursday was part of the Battle of Tampere in 15.3.-6.4.1918. The battle itself was the biggest ever in Nordic countries, if measured by number of soldiers that participated in it. The total number of reds and whites in battles of Tampere was over 30 000, and several thousand people died during those weeks.
In Kalevankangas, the red army was in emplacements on the top of the ridge in 28.3.1918. White army attacked from east and during that day they managed to conquer the ridge, but the price was high - about 1000 men got killed. That's why the name Bloody Maundy Thursday was given to this particular date. The loss of reds was appreciably smaller. More about this battle and Civil War, see http://www.vapaussota.com/taistelut/kalevankangas.html (in fnnish only.)
Nowadays there's not much left to remind us of the battle of Kalevankangas. Only two memorials have been eracted, one to whites and another to reds, who died in civil war.
Your first task is to find those statues.
In the memorial of whites, count the number of unknowns (=A). Unknown is tuntematon in finnish.
In the memorial of reds, pick the biggest number in front of the memorial (=B), the smallest number in front of the memorial (=C) and the number of names in the backside of the memorial (=D).
After this find the most southwestern corner of the cemetery.
Now it's time to calibrate your steps. From the corner to the nearest lightpole it's 8 Captain's footsteps.
When you're ready, walk southwest X steps. X = B + C + D - 3746.
Walk still Y steps southwest from the three door apartment, Y = (2 * A) - 15, and turn right.
Now you are almost at the cache site.
This letterbox is in fact the very first letterbox hybrid in Finland. It's geocache page can be found from
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=94401
This letterbox can be found also in winter. As it is in urban area, please be careful not to reveal it to accidental passer-bys.