Wounded Knee. Very few places have both profound sorrow and a spirit of resistance. The massacre here changed things forever, but after the 1971 occupation things would never be the same. Its words continue to evoke struggle. Trump’s refusal to revoke the Medals of Honor awarded here shows the power of its place, and just how far we have to go as a nation to begin to understand what it means.
Locationless caches and the language of location. The end of locationless geocaches was a sad but necessary part of the game’s evolution. They were brought into the game at a time when there were few physical geocaches. And they brought some fun elements. Ride the Underground Railroad still stands out to this day as an example of why many of us loved them. Who would have thought there was a station near where I lived?
Many of us have cached at our parks and historical sites. Some, like a virtual at the Manzanar relocation camp, may be disturbing, but that is what makes it all the more important to experience. Presidential orders are forcing many parks to remove exhibits. Reclaiming history has never been so important. We have a duty to preserve it, for ourselves, for the things we have learned, and a woman named Kiyo.
As a storm rolled in, we stopped at a cemetary in Kansas to think about the limits of Justice. Walter Scheck had been assumed to be guilty in an alleged murder-suicide. There was a rush to judgment with no inquest, yet things were not so simple. Years later his family learned of a deathbed confession.