The Actor Really Did Break A Leg District of Columbia, United States
By Duc996 on 07-Sep-02. Waypoint GC8B0C

Just got finished touring the theatre and the house. Got the information needed. Took photos of one of the grape vine bunches, inside the theatre, and Lincolns place of passing. Will post photos also. Gotta get back on the bus now. Will post and email after all these tiring guided tours.

Found it during a nice walk around town this afternoon with Scarlett03.

We had stopped by last night but found nothing but the answer to the first question. It took a lot of GOOGLE work to find the rest. We stopped by today once again but the museum was closed for a Matinee performance and the Petersen House was packed with people. I'm still not sure where the information is to be had on site, but we've sent along the answers anyway.

Cheers,

Bluelamb03

Love all the history in DC and the virtuals that point out the most interesting tidbits. Great fun! TFTC!!

Visited DC on a hot and sunny afternoon and tried to clean up the city, by converting all the ghosts to smilies. Had a long walk around the mall and after 5h and several miles walk, I had visited 22 ghosts. All great places . TFTC
Answer has been sent to the owner...qui tacet consentit.

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I did not realise that this location was this close to the White House. Nice Idea for a cache.

Have sent the email with the answers.

Hello from Western Australia.

Thanks for the cache [^]
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This is my find number 2934

Had fun finding these answers. Really took some keen observation skills. Answers sent to the CO.
TFTC

Found with NinjaSockMonkey. He will be emailing on my behalf.
TFTC.

Ninja'd w. Mochalab. Email sent. Thanks for bringing us here!

Just can't get enough history in this town. Thanks

Great history cache! Great day for caching in the nation's capital! TFTC!

Came down on the SJ Outdoor Club bus trip. Visited Arlington Cemetery and toured some of the area north of the National Mall. Great day with a great group. TFTC

We caught a ride to Washington DC with the Outdoor Club of South Jersey and spent the day scouting caches in town after visiting Arlington National Cemetery. We signed in as SJGDC. (South Jersey Geocaching DC)
We just about broke our legs running back and forth across the street trying to get the needed info!
We did meet the awesome Park Ranger Cole, who was a tremendous help.

So much tragedy and sadness connected to the fateful events here...
Thanks for the history and the virtual. Email sent.

Took the bus trip to Washington DC with the Outdoor Club of South Jersey and did some sightseeing through DC including a metro trip over to Arlington National Cemetery. We signed in as SJGDC. (South Jersey Geocaching DC). Had a lot of laughs and moments of absolute awe with a great bunch of nuts. TFTC. Thanks Jenny and Johnny for your great planning and execution. Staff is very knowledgeable, helpful and pleasant.

Now this is history at it's best. We begin our trip here and then followed John Wilkes Booth escape route into Virginia. Awesome trip. On a side, we also made our way to the alley behind the theater where John Wilkes Booth jumped on his waiting horse. Thanks!!!!!! Emailing required information shortly.

On a bus trip with the SJ Outdoor Club today. Lot's of explorations and caching. Answers coming via our group leaders BlueSky&pygmypop and or Team Freeman. Thanks for bringing us here and the great write-up!

Great site, TFTC!

My nongeocaching hubby and I were invited to spend 4 days in DC with my son and daughter-in-law who was going there to attend a convention. I've been to DC a few times but that was before caching so caching was my mission for this trip. We had just arrived in town and it was pouring rain. We were staying close by so we took a walk around the area anyway. This was one of the must see areas. Thanks for bringing us here.

Another fun day caching in the area. Found with bulldawgfan, and aliadd. Answers sent to owner. TFTC

Out and about in DC on day two of a fantastic caching weekend. This was not on my original list, but what the heck, I'm here! So, I wandered around, made some notes, and was getting a little frustrated. Then, I headed into the souvenir shop, and ran into to two very friendly tour guides. After a little bit of chatting, and since they couldn't really help me, they offered up an extra ticket to the theater.

So, I got a chance to visit someplace I had never been, but always wanted to go, and get my answers along the way. Fantastic! Love this bit of history, and the story.

TFTC!

On a day trip to Washington DC with Stfu, Decer, Madhauler, Tuma and GotLost4. We went by "Assault Washington", for short we signed as AW. We ended up get 6 States, 8 different cache type and many Virtuals. Oh yeah, I also hit 5K! Very busy area, with the tours. Thanks for the virtual.

This is an absolutely remarkable spot. Answers are on the way. TFTC!

I just arrived in D.C. for the weekend earlier today. Found myself near Ford's Theater when my son begged us to buy him a tee at the Hard Rock.

We really enjoyed touring the Ford theater and learned a lot about the history of the area. Thanks and we will send in the answers soon.

In DC for a school field trip and finding a few virtuals. We're staying near Ford's Theatre, so we stopped there today. It was a gorgeous fall day and we enjoyed learning about the history here, especially since we live in Spencer County, Indiana, which is where Lincoln spent his boyhood years. In fact, we live just a few miles from Lincoln State Park and the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. Answers emailed and a picture attached. Thanks for the virtual!

So cool to see these places actually exist and are still there. Enjoyed getting out to see it. TFTVC.

The tour was worth the time and probably required to get to the bottom of the questions required by the cache. Thanks Duc996.

Thank you for bringing us here... great spot and a great lesson....
Emailed co

TFTC

Thanks for the history lesson and some very interesting little known facts! Email sent to cache owner TFTC

Found during our USA Holiday with fitzy_1965.

Enjoyed our day wandering around Washington DC. fitzy gathered the info for this one and sent it off to the CO. A very interesting location ! Nice meal as well !

Thanks !

Greetings from Australia !

Finally catching up with my Logs !

7353 + 874 = 8227. Found with ACBC 66 during our USA Holiday Adventure !

Our first full day here in Washington DC. After visiting the Phillips Collection and Arlington we started walking towards and along the Mall area. After many virtuals we wandered up to the Hard Rock Café for an early Dinner. Afterwards this virtual was too close and interesting to miss. Gathered the info and sent to CO. Another iconic DC area to visit.

Thanks Duc996 !! A Favourite Point from Me !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers from Australia !!

This is my first virtual and what a great one to find! I emailed the CO the answers and appreciate you bringing me here! TFTVC

Stopped by after visiting the National Gallery of Art. I've walked by the theater many times and never noticed the grapes. Thanks for the cache.

- A&M

Visited Ford's Theater today and logged this virtual cache--email sent. Thanks for bringing us here--Team Torkelson enjoyed learning more about Lincoln and actually seeing the Peterson House! Very cool. TFTC--#113

Nice walk together with my mom.. (team hornseth). We went up and got this one on our way to the capital. I have included a picture of the guard that helped us since nothing was open.

Ran up and took this while my hubby went and got a t-shirt. Got help from a guard. Took this with my daughter ToneUsa
have included a picture of me and the guard. TFTC

Despite the Government shutdown in progress, I made my way over here to Ford's Theater. The first and third answers were easy to find. The third one was a bit of a challenge. The very helpful woman inside the theater lobby told me to ask her friend (and civilian-dressed National Park employee) across the street next door to the Petersen House museum. All three employees standing near the "tower of Lincoln books" were intrigued that I was asking, and one of them had heard the question before and knew the answer. We were ready to leave, when she asked if we wanted to see the museum! Boy are we glad we did! Very fascinating (I love Lincoln stuff, being from Illinois.) There is also a temporary exhibit about the letters to Matthew Shepherd's parents that was quite moving as well. A must see!
Answers sent to the cache owner.
Thanks for the adventure!

On a tour of the East Coast of the United States here at the Ford Theatre came over. Unfortunately, because of the shutdowns, the museum was not open. We had not much time. The answers I've sent a few days ago.

This place is steeped in history. Previously, I had not heard of the story. Caching show always interesting and historical places.

Kaiser_F | TFTC

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I visited the site late the previous night, but it wasn't until a chance visit the following day when the gift shop was open, not the museum (still due to the government shutdown) that I sourced all the answers. Very interesting. I will send an email with details. Clever cache name too. TFTC duc996.

Not so easy to find the answers for this virtual during the shutdown, because the museum was closed.
But we asked some people of the museum shop and the guides from the Bustour. They could help us .
We sent the answers to the cacheowner.

Many thanks for this very interesting virtual.

Greetings from Germany,

Huddelchen

This entry was edited by Huddelchen on Tuesday, 05 November 2013 at 07:41:40 UTC.

Huddelchen and I visited Washington D. C. during our honeymoon. We made a three weeks tour through some eastern states of the USA and also have visited Canada (Québec and Ontario). We had some problems with this cache, it wasn't so easy as it seems to be. Because of the gouvernment shutdown the Petersen House was closed. But we asked in the museum shop nearby, they helped us with our answers (so special thanks to them!!!). Amn Email with the answers has been sent to the owner.

Thanks a lot for this interesting virtual cache, it was fun to solve the questions with the help of the friendly staff of the museum shop nearby.

Greetings from Germany,

dschinny

Easy find while in town with mom today. Taking in the sites since this is our first time walking around the city. We were able to go in for the free tour! This was great and we really enjoyed it! Email will be sent with answers in just a minute. TFTC!

This one was fan, interesting and sad....all at the same time.

Tour the tour of the the theatre and the house and grabbed a few photo's, plus the required info.

E-mail has been sent.

Thanks for the cache Duc996.....a fav point from me.

This was a quick visit. It was awesome to go through the Fords Theatre. The box was open today so I was able to get a up close look at where Lincoln sat. The guard at Theatre quickly pointed me to the information I needed. He said Geocachers come by all the time.

Wow...fascinating history and a great tour.

Great day ( Thursday ) in late August to check out Fords Theatre. Very few people touring the museum and no one touring the Peterson house. So, we took our time and read/watched everything. We really enjoyed the Gettysburg address narated by Tom Brokaw and the 4 ex Presidents. TFTC. Number 100 for me and my August 22nd souvenir.

Glad I stopped. Just love history. Thanks for the virutal cache.

Great place to visit! Attended an event at the education center across the street today. Will send answers via email. TFTC!

Heading to the East Coast and then north in our RV, grabbing assorted caches along the way. A special thanks to all the cache owners that make this hobby possible. Thanks for the fun, caches and hides. All logs marked with a circled "GB". Today was a special day we rode the Metro into DC and walked way to many miles in the processing of grabbing 20 Virtuals and 7 Earthcaches. If any answers are required they are or will be messaged to the appropriate CO.

My first cache in Washington DC, what a great city. This was also our first stop as it was closest to our hotel. As an English person, I must admit I didn't know much about Lincoln's assassination. I do now. Fascinating stuff, thanks for the cache!

Enjoyed our tour of Fords's theatre and the ranger talk. Will send answers. TFTC.

"Found" this one! This is one of my favorite places in the country, ill be emailing the answers this afternoon TFTC

was to blind - found only one of three infos. Maybe one have to go into the theater, but it was closed early in the morning!?

Regards,
Achim

Spent a wonderful week in Washington DC enjoying the sights. Squeezed in just a few virtual caches and this was a great one. Thank you for keeping it up and leading us to a great spot! Visiting from San Diego, CA

Thanks for this one, learned a lot. Answered sent a few moment ago.

I am in the area from Savannah Georgia for work and of course I remembered my G P S'r so that I could feed this addition of Geo Caching. The coordinates for this cache were accurate and it did not take me too long to have the needed information or log in hand, depending on the type of cache. Thanks for putting this together and for bringing me to this area.
I came into the area for the weekend to keep the streak alive and visit friends. It is always nice to be in fresh geo caching territory turning icons in to smiles! Remember, it is all about the miles and the smiles. ~TFTC

11736 19:24:00 Spent the first part of the day grabbing some challenge caches and then the latter part wandering round DC again. Grabbed quite a lot of virtuals (there aren't many back home in England, so it's nice to be able to get some when you get the chance). This is a really tough one if you aren't American as it seems to assume you will know American history... TFTC

Cowboy Posse was here (Reeka42, LittleUn, and Kriffer, as well as me, of course); we needed ANOTHER potty break and of course, we needed a cache in Maryland.
We're on a round about tour of the eastern states trying to hit as many as possible. Total (hit or expected to hit) are: ON, NY, PA, MD, WV, DC, DE, NJ, CT, RI, MA, NH, ME, VT, and Quebec. With some duplicate not mentioned, of course. :) It's a long driving week, especially since 3 days will be in VT and only the one day from VT => QC => ON => MI of 700 miles.

Info sent via email. TFTVC!

Great visit on a fine day, our first day in Washington. Fascinating story. Thanks for making me aware of these details.

Today we found this nice cache after visiting the Hardrock Cafe next to it. Thanks for showing that interesting place.

TFTC TSAJ

This took some doing but we have the answers and will email them. Lots of muggles were around! TFTC

Wow - loads of tourists blocking the sidewalks! Had time for a quick geocaching walk before my flight today. TFTC. Answers emailed.

This was found on our final day of vacation in our Nation's Capitol. Stopped by in between rain showers to grab a final virtual. Sending email verification. Before this visit I had no idea he did break a leg. TFTC.

Nice Piece of education - and I must confess that Germans may be strange sometimes. Did this lead the Major to do what he did? Thanks for taking me there!

Came to DC from western Maryland with lpyankeefan, tazscouter, legoladz to meet up with a group from southern Maryland in order to attend the WWFM Event. The group also managed to find many other caches including many terrific Virtuals and Earthcaches while in the area. Had a great day walking from cache to cache while taking in everything this great city has to offer.

This cache was my 542nd cache find. It was number 21 of 30 caches for the day which included 0 DNFs. I am a geocacher from Hagerstown, Maryland and have been caching since April 2010. Thanks for the fun, Duc996!

Found with my son Little Wizzard as we came back to our hotel before leaving Washington. Little Wizard did a project at school (3rd grade) on Lincoln, so he was really interested! Thanks for bringing us here! Answers will follow.

Stopped by this virtual while caching in DC on President's Day, answers on the way. TFTC

Answers Sent:

It was a freezing day in DC today but with family in town, we went to DC see the sights. We stopped by Fords and walked up to Zombie Coffee for some warmth. Walked back down to the Smithsonian and then over to the old post office. Over all a good day in DC even though the wind brought the temp down to like 20.

I actually visited this site last summer with the intention of making the find but neer got around to logging it. Today I had a few hours to spare in DC so I came by and explored it again. I remember first learning the history of what happened here in elementary school and then learning more about all the events surrounding it as an adult. TFTC and for bringing me here! Answers on the way.

Last stop for a fun filled weekend! Barely was able to fit this in my schedule, but decided this was a must visit.

We were at the location for celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Broadway opening of Our Town. The evening included a short film about the play’s enduring power, selections read from Thornton Wilder’s works and letters, and the presentation of The Thornton Wilder Society’s annual Thornton Wilder Prize on stage at Ford’s Theatre.

We took advantage of the event to search for the answers to this virtual. It took awhile but I think we got all the answers.

When I set out to this one, I had no idea this was where I would end up. Very cool. Thank you.

I always wondered if 'that' theatre was still standing, and quite by accident (well, I was chasing the cache so not totally accidentally) I discovered that it was!

Make sure you. Go inside the shop across the road, their massive sculpture on books on the subject. Was amazing!

This was one of quite a few virtuals we collected on a rather lonnnggg walk around DC today.

Email will be sent shortly, TFTC.

How interesting is this bit of history - even for someone from the tip of Africa?! Thoroughly enjoyed doing this cache. Later the day also visited his son's grave and that of the guy who caught Booth in Arlington. TFTC!

Cycled by here on my trip around DC. Not very busy around here in the mid-morning. I ran into some muggles who didn't recognize the location and were curious why I was taking pictures. Got some help with the questions from one of the tour guides.

Email coming

Many thanks for this fascinating cache. Had a great tour.

Had wandered past here yesterday and geoson told us what this place was and why it was American history. Flicked on the GPS and saw it was a virtual but knew we would be back today.

Kids were learning spy stuff around the corner so did the wander to this spot in good heat. Learnt plenty of history thanks to the kind washington DC folk. I am impressed by the locals and their knowledge of this town and this countries history. Well done.

TFTC Email sent fav point because very cool spot

hanjac from aussie

I was glad to see this historic site--somewhat surprised to discover it, actually. TFTC.

Out here for the 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts. We toured the area with some of the girls in the troop during our trip to Fords Theater. Group of cachers in our group are AgentHop, HopsGeneral, AgentGeo, AgentSmiley, Hockeyhick, and Cache-N-Kerry. Email already sent to the CO for our visit. TFTC.

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Dipping bug for mileage.

great day in D.C.

Found at the end of a great day in DC with my kids. We took a 3-hour Segway tour, had pizza at Pi, and took a highlights tour at the American Art Museum. Topped it off with a Geocache find - what could be better? Hope to see the 1776 musical that opens soon at the Ford Theater.

I noticed the other day while going through Jack2u's profile that I had forgotten to log this cache back on 22 Mar 2011. Answers were sent by Jack2U on our behalf during our week long 5671 km road trip through 21 States and 2 Provinces.

I really enjoyed the history lesson. Like the Alamo, GZ wasn't quite what I had imagined but that was probably from watching movies.

TFTVC

Took advantage of the day off school & work to check out the spy museum and Ford's theater. Thanks for the nice virtual cache. Answers to the questions are on the way via email.

Found this one after running in the Jingle All The Way Run today. This is one of my favorite spots in town with a great production of A Christmas Carol. Email information has been sent. T4TV$

Found today after a speedy recovery from an illness that kept me from work today. I wish we had done our homework and planned to go into Ford's Theater. We are returning to DC in February and will definitely plan on an encore then. Interesting history lesson, thank you.

Early morning cache run after having some time before flying back home. Theater was not open so answered what I could. Really interesting history and story about what happened after. Thanks for making me do some learning. TFTC

Jeanne and I stopped by here today as we explored more of the National Mall on foot. It was a tiring day but filled with interesting stops! Answers emailed. Thanks for setting up this cache.

Found this with flash9 after much searching - thanks for the hunt on this one - email sent!

Found over lunch break. Answers emailed to owner. TFTC!

“Found it” @ 2.00 pm. # 18 of 25 virtuals today around the mall. Unfortunately, the Petersen House was closed due to some rehab work. Spent some time in the theatre museum figuring out the answers, especially to question 2. Still not sure about this one, but answers sent. Thanks for bringing me to these historic sites!

Last for today, the battery on my PDA went flat, it is quite sick these days. There were lots of people about, and all sorts of things closed being worked on. A poignant reminder of yet more history in DC. Thanks.

1182. TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2006 November Signal GC A#54

Albida

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Found by Mary & David from Melbourne, Australia, at 1505. We had some spare time on the first afternoon of our 'Historic East' tour so took a walk along the eastern end of The Mall. This was our fourth stop on the way back to our hotel. Strange to be in this notorious spot after learning a little about it many years ago. Now we can fill in more of the details. Our thanks indeed to Duc996.

My wife and I stopped by here today. I really enjoyed the history. Thanks for bringing me here. (necessary email sent before log)

4.30pm. What a great museum, some VERY interesting stuff here.
TFTC Duc996
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