GCA0K4X Traditional Cache Veterans Day
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: 3 Williams Kidz @ | Hide Date: 11/11/2022 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 00.111 W105° 10.111 | Last updated: 11/20/2022 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Available at all times  Parking available  Public restrooms nearby  Thorns  Short hike (less than 1km)  No Tree Climbing 

Note the coordinates -- both the latitude and longitude end with 111, so those six digits are 11-11-11.

There is a US Flag TB Origins trackable on the inside front cover of the log book that is for discovery only.

Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable).  It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I.  Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.  At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.

 The United States Congress adopted a resolution on June 4, 1926, requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue annual proclamations calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies.  A Congressional Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U.S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made November 11 in each year a legal holiday: "a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day'".

 In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who died in World War I. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day. Weeks led the first national celebration in 1947 in Alabama and annually until his death in 1985. President Reagan honored Weeks at the White House with the Presidential Citizenship Medal in 1982 as the driving force for the national holiday. Elizabeth Dole, who prepared the briefing for President Reagan, determined Weeks as the "Father of Veterans Day".

 U.S. representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954. It had been eight and a half years since Weeks held his first Armistice Day celebration for all veterans.

 Congress amended the bill on June 1, 1954, replacing "Armistice" with "Veterans," and it has been known as Veterans Day since.

There are 12 countries that celebrate Veterans Day, Armistice Day or Remembrance Day:  Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, New Zealand and Australia, Germany, Itlay, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Sweden and Norway. 

This patriotic geocache is in a green metal ammo can, and was published on November 11th

Congratulations to hartsdale for being FTF !

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01A0K4X - Parking
N 39° 00.104 W 105° 10.149
Easy to get to in any car if no snow or ice
02A0K4X - Parking
N 39° 00.143 W 105° 09.861
Main parking area with vault toilet
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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
01A0K4XParking Parking Area Easy to get to in any car if no snow or ice 11/11/2022 N 39° 00.104 W 105° 10.149 0.06 kms W 
02A0K4XParking Parking Area Main parking area with vault toilet 11/11/2022 N 39° 00.143 W 105° 09.861 0.36 kms E 

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Note the attribute of "thorns" -- check the large, low-to-the-ground spiky plant.

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4 Logs: Found it 3  Publish Listing 1  

Found it 11/12/2022 By Dean & Chris
Third to find :( Bummer! It was easy to locate the container. We exchanged two of the trackables and discovered the rest. Tftc and today's smiley.

Found it 11/12/2022 By Granitegrabber
2TF at 7:45 a.m. Woo Hoo! I could have easily gotten this yesterday but had to give Hartsdale a reason to come up the mountain. Parked in the big parking lot and walked about .2 to the cache on this beautiful, sunny, freezing cold morning. Nice hide and quick find. Thanks 3 Williams Kidz for placing another great cache. SL, TN . Gets a FAV

Found it 11/12/2022 By hartsdale
FTF!
Glad to see this one last over night ( thank you FTF hounds ) so I headed up the pass, I wish that I got a dollar for every time.

Anyway, that early in the morning just a sunrise I had the place to myself.

It was hovering around 5 degrees so I was able to park about twelve feet away keep the truck running jump out make the grab and jump back in to open it up with no fingers for a change.

Truly a special day Thanks To All The Veterans!

Thanks you for another fun cache to find and a very nice small prize to go with it!

HD

Publish Listing 11/11/2022 By IgnotusPeverell
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