The Greatest Arrest LbNA #73363
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Add Location| Owner: | Baby Bear
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| Plant date: | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Location: | Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve |
| City: | Houston |
| County: | Harris |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | candace wied |
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| Last found: | Jan 27, 2020 |
| Status: | Faa |
| Last edited: | Sep 25, 2018 |
Distance to letterbox: 1/4 mil round trip
Difficulty: Easy
This box is located in a new park on the northwest side of town (near Spring and Cypress. Here is the story behind the box:
On April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali made headlines for refusing to be drafted into the U.S. Army on the grounds of being a conscientious objector, and it all happened here in Houston. It would set off a chain of events that wouldn't cease until a 1971 Supreme Court decision reversed his conviction. Ali went before military induction officials inside Houston's Military Entrance Processing Station building off San Jacinto and refused to step forward for induction when his name was called. He was later arrested. This came after Ali had made three separate appeals to have his draft status changed because of what he called his non-violent Muslim faith and membership in the Nation of Islam.
Ali's boxing career spiraled out of control after his arrest, with the New York State Athletic Commission suspending his boxing license and the World Boxing Association stripping him of his world heavyweight title. This banned him from boxing in the United States. Ali had long been an opponent of the Vietnam War, and had fought being eligible for the military draft for some time. He spelled out his reasoning in a terse public statement. A week before the incident in Houston, he told reporters in Louisville, Kentucky., that he planned to not accept induction in military service. "Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?" Ali asked. "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong," went his famous quote. On June 20, 1967, Ali was tried, convicted and sentenced in a Houston court to five years in prison for refusing to serve in the military and was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for draft evasion. His lawyers then appealed the court's decision, which was denied in May 1968. He returned to boxing in 1970 while his case was on appeal. The case found its way to the Supreme Court in June 1971, where his conviction was overturned. The high court stated that it was not possible to decide which of the three basic tests for conscientious objector status were used.
Directions:
Heading away from Houston on hwy 249 and the Sam Houston Tollway, Exit Cypresswood. Go through the light, then take a right on Chasewood. Take the next right turn under the archway for Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve, and drive to the farthest parking area.
To the Letterbox:
Find the paved path near the bathrooms. Take it. Pass pier on right, pass black fence on left. When you reach the doggie bag pole on the left, count 8 more steps. Go right off trail to the large tree. Box is at left back base under sticks.
Hike length: 0.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
This box is located in a new park on the northwest side of town (near Spring and Cypress. Here is the story behind the box:
On April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali made headlines for refusing to be drafted into the U.S. Army on the grounds of being a conscientious objector, and it all happened here in Houston. It would set off a chain of events that wouldn't cease until a 1971 Supreme Court decision reversed his conviction. Ali went before military induction officials inside Houston's Military Entrance Processing Station building off San Jacinto and refused to step forward for induction when his name was called. He was later arrested. This came after Ali had made three separate appeals to have his draft status changed because of what he called his non-violent Muslim faith and membership in the Nation of Islam.
Ali's boxing career spiraled out of control after his arrest, with the New York State Athletic Commission suspending his boxing license and the World Boxing Association stripping him of his world heavyweight title. This banned him from boxing in the United States. Ali had long been an opponent of the Vietnam War, and had fought being eligible for the military draft for some time. He spelled out his reasoning in a terse public statement. A week before the incident in Houston, he told reporters in Louisville, Kentucky., that he planned to not accept induction in military service. "Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?" Ali asked. "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong," went his famous quote. On June 20, 1967, Ali was tried, convicted and sentenced in a Houston court to five years in prison for refusing to serve in the military and was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for draft evasion. His lawyers then appealed the court's decision, which was denied in May 1968. He returned to boxing in 1970 while his case was on appeal. The case found its way to the Supreme Court in June 1971, where his conviction was overturned. The high court stated that it was not possible to decide which of the three basic tests for conscientious objector status were used.
Directions:
Heading away from Houston on hwy 249 and the Sam Houston Tollway, Exit Cypresswood. Go through the light, then take a right on Chasewood. Take the next right turn under the archway for Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve, and drive to the farthest parking area.
To the Letterbox:
Find the paved path near the bathrooms. Take it. Pass pier on right, pass black fence on left. When you reach the doggie bag pole on the left, count 8 more steps. Go right off trail to the large tree. Box is at left back base under sticks.
Hike length: 0.5 miles