Martial Music, War of the Rebellion: Hail Columbia LbNA #29733
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Add Location| Owner: | Connfederate  |
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| Plant date: | Mar 30, 2007 |
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| City: | Bolton Notch |
| County: | Tolland |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Nairon |
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| Last found: | Feb 9, 2020 |
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| Last edited: | Mar 30, 2007 |
Martial Music, The War of the Rebellion:
Hail Columbia Letterbox
(First in an occasionally expanding series…)
Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys!
The Union--an anthem, of sorts.
“Hail Columbia”
Composer: Philip Phile, 1789
Lyrics: Joseph Hopkinson, 1798
Hail Columbia, happy land!
Hail, ye heroes, heav'n-born band,
Who fought and bled in freedom's cause,
Who fought and bled in freedom's cause,
And when the storm of war was gone
Enjoy'd the peace your valor won.
Let independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what it cost;
Ever grateful for the prize,
Let its altar reach the skies.
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty,
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Immortal patriots, rise once more,
Defend your rights, defend your shore!
Let no rude foe, with impious hand,
Let no rude foe, with impious hand,
Invade the shrine where sacred lies
Of toil and blood, the well-earned prize,
While off'ring peace, sincere and just,
In Heaven's we place a manly trust,
That truth and justice will prevail,
And every scheme of bondage fail.
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty,
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Behold the chief who now commands,
Once more to serve his country stands.
The rock on which the storm will break,
The rock on which the storm will break,
But armed in virtue, firm, and true,
His hopes are fixed on Heav'n and you.
When hope was sinking in dismay,
When glooms obscured Columbia's day,
His steady mind, from changes free,
Resolved on death or liberty.
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty,
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Sound, sound the trump of fame,
Let Washington's great fame
Ring through the world with loud applause,
Ring through the world with loud applause,
Let ev'ry clime to freedom dear,
Listen with a joyful ear,
With equal skill, with God-like pow'r
He governs in the fearful hour
Of horrid war, or guides with ease
The happier time of honest peace.
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty,
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
From: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/hailcolumbia.htm (Cut and paste to hear the tune)
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The music for "Hail Columbia" was composed by Philip Phile (Pfeil), believed to be one of a number of German musicians who immigrated to the United States in its earliest years of independence. Its words were composed nine years later by Joseph Hopkinson, a Philadelphia Judge.
Phile was a violinist who, by 1779, worked in a New York theater orchestra. His tune "Washington's March," or "President's March," was first played ceremonially in Trenton, New Jersey to honor George Washington. In April 1789, as president-elect of the new United States, Washington journeyed from Mount Vernon, Virginia, to New York city for his, and the nation's, first presidential inauguration.
Up until the 1890s "Hail Columbia" was played as the de facto national anthem of the United States. President Lincoln once mentioned he had to stand up and take off his hat when "Hail Columbia" was sung. Many Europeans actually took it to be the U.S. anthem and played it accordingly.
From the Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000008/default.html
___________________________________________________________
Follow the link (cut and paste) to listen to “Hail Columbia" (performers/musicians not cited):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlQS1pzHdA
___________________________________________________________
BYOInk: there is no pen or stamp pad; bring red, blue, brown, black and yellow markers.
Letterbox Difficulty Rating:
Difficulty Rating = 2
Terrain Rating = 3.25
Thanx to Silent Doug; see: www.letterboxing.info/rating/
All directions are magnetic and a pace equals two (2) steps.
___________________________________________________________
Start at Bolton Notch Pond/Hop River Rail Trail State Park, there is a parking lot near the junctions of US Routes 6 & 44 and I-384 in Bolton Notch. Note: it is accessible off/from I-384 Westbound only.
From Routes 6 & 44 in Bolton Notch, enter I-384 Westbound. Just past the "Middle Turnpike" highway sign, look for a brown "Boat Launch" sign on the right. Take this sharp right turn (ACUTE angle) off the highway down a dirt road. This brings you to the parking lot. From I-384 Eastbound, exit onto Rte. 44 East, stay left and look sharp for the left-hand turn-off to I-384 West before the traffic light. (Did you notice Old Glory painted on the cliff overlooking I-384 Eastbound?)
From the sign board in the parking lot, head North on the Hop River Rail Trail 23 paces, and look to the right for a yellow disk on a tree. Now head uphill on the yellow trail.
Follow the yellow trail a short, if fairly steep climb to where it turns left into the laurels (just past the second yellow disk). Do not turn left with the yellow trail; do continue to follow the wider unmarked trail uphill.
Soon or eventually (your knees/legs/lungs will set that pace… :p) you will come to a stone campfire ring and a belly-high stump. Nearby is a scenic overlook with a view of Lower Bolton Pond, Rte’s 6/44 and 384. As you look down, take note of Old Glory, painted boldly on the rock face!
Please USE EXTREME CAUTION NEAR THE EDGE, it is a sheer cliff face and there are no guy-lines, stanchions, railings, fencing or barriers of any kind.
From atop Old Glory, head 50º approximately 28 paces to the small rock on the north side of the knoll.
Now look 24º about 9 paces away for a three-brother Black Birch growing on the edge of the knoll. Of the three brothers, the one grows up straight to the North, another leans to the East, and the third brother leaning South has expired leaving a waist-high stump. That which you seek is under the leaning slab of rock at the foot of the brothers.
(If it is snowy/icy, your fear of heights, vertigo or some other small detail renders standing at the precipice unwise, then from the stump at the campfire ring, head 13 paces at 80º to the rock.)
Please stamp in away from the hiding place, and carefully avoid making or at least try to conceal social trails to the letterbox--especially in mud or snow! Kindly double bag the log, reseal the Lock-n-Lock type box, and re-hide the letterbox exactly where it was placed, covering it well and contact the placer if you find any problems.
Thank you, Connfederate
Hail Columbia Letterbox
(First in an occasionally expanding series…)
Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys!
The Union--an anthem, of sorts.
“Hail Columbia”
Composer: Philip Phile, 1789
Lyrics: Joseph Hopkinson, 1798
Hail Columbia, happy land!
Hail, ye heroes, heav'n-born band,
Who fought and bled in freedom's cause,
Who fought and bled in freedom's cause,
And when the storm of war was gone
Enjoy'd the peace your valor won.
Let independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what it cost;
Ever grateful for the prize,
Let its altar reach the skies.
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty,
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Immortal patriots, rise once more,
Defend your rights, defend your shore!
Let no rude foe, with impious hand,
Let no rude foe, with impious hand,
Invade the shrine where sacred lies
Of toil and blood, the well-earned prize,
While off'ring peace, sincere and just,
In Heaven's we place a manly trust,
That truth and justice will prevail,
And every scheme of bondage fail.
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty,
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Behold the chief who now commands,
Once more to serve his country stands.
The rock on which the storm will break,
The rock on which the storm will break,
But armed in virtue, firm, and true,
His hopes are fixed on Heav'n and you.
When hope was sinking in dismay,
When glooms obscured Columbia's day,
His steady mind, from changes free,
Resolved on death or liberty.
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty,
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Sound, sound the trump of fame,
Let Washington's great fame
Ring through the world with loud applause,
Ring through the world with loud applause,
Let ev'ry clime to freedom dear,
Listen with a joyful ear,
With equal skill, with God-like pow'r
He governs in the fearful hour
Of horrid war, or guides with ease
The happier time of honest peace.
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty,
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
From: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/hailcolumbia.htm (Cut and paste to hear the tune)
____________________________________________________________
The music for "Hail Columbia" was composed by Philip Phile (Pfeil), believed to be one of a number of German musicians who immigrated to the United States in its earliest years of independence. Its words were composed nine years later by Joseph Hopkinson, a Philadelphia Judge.
Phile was a violinist who, by 1779, worked in a New York theater orchestra. His tune "Washington's March," or "President's March," was first played ceremonially in Trenton, New Jersey to honor George Washington. In April 1789, as president-elect of the new United States, Washington journeyed from Mount Vernon, Virginia, to New York city for his, and the nation's, first presidential inauguration.
Up until the 1890s "Hail Columbia" was played as the de facto national anthem of the United States. President Lincoln once mentioned he had to stand up and take off his hat when "Hail Columbia" was sung. Many Europeans actually took it to be the U.S. anthem and played it accordingly.
From the Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000008/default.html
___________________________________________________________
Follow the link (cut and paste) to listen to “Hail Columbia" (performers/musicians not cited):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlQS1pzHdA
___________________________________________________________
BYOInk: there is no pen or stamp pad; bring red, blue, brown, black and yellow markers.
Letterbox Difficulty Rating:
Difficulty Rating = 2
Terrain Rating = 3.25
Thanx to Silent Doug; see: www.letterboxing.info/rating/
All directions are magnetic and a pace equals two (2) steps.
___________________________________________________________
Start at Bolton Notch Pond/Hop River Rail Trail State Park, there is a parking lot near the junctions of US Routes 6 & 44 and I-384 in Bolton Notch. Note: it is accessible off/from I-384 Westbound only.
From Routes 6 & 44 in Bolton Notch, enter I-384 Westbound. Just past the "Middle Turnpike" highway sign, look for a brown "Boat Launch" sign on the right. Take this sharp right turn (ACUTE angle) off the highway down a dirt road. This brings you to the parking lot. From I-384 Eastbound, exit onto Rte. 44 East, stay left and look sharp for the left-hand turn-off to I-384 West before the traffic light. (Did you notice Old Glory painted on the cliff overlooking I-384 Eastbound?)
From the sign board in the parking lot, head North on the Hop River Rail Trail 23 paces, and look to the right for a yellow disk on a tree. Now head uphill on the yellow trail.
Follow the yellow trail a short, if fairly steep climb to where it turns left into the laurels (just past the second yellow disk). Do not turn left with the yellow trail; do continue to follow the wider unmarked trail uphill.
Soon or eventually (your knees/legs/lungs will set that pace… :p) you will come to a stone campfire ring and a belly-high stump. Nearby is a scenic overlook with a view of Lower Bolton Pond, Rte’s 6/44 and 384. As you look down, take note of Old Glory, painted boldly on the rock face!
Please USE EXTREME CAUTION NEAR THE EDGE, it is a sheer cliff face and there are no guy-lines, stanchions, railings, fencing or barriers of any kind.
From atop Old Glory, head 50º approximately 28 paces to the small rock on the north side of the knoll.
Now look 24º about 9 paces away for a three-brother Black Birch growing on the edge of the knoll. Of the three brothers, the one grows up straight to the North, another leans to the East, and the third brother leaning South has expired leaving a waist-high stump. That which you seek is under the leaning slab of rock at the foot of the brothers.
(If it is snowy/icy, your fear of heights, vertigo or some other small detail renders standing at the precipice unwise, then from the stump at the campfire ring, head 13 paces at 80º to the rock.)
Please stamp in away from the hiding place, and carefully avoid making or at least try to conceal social trails to the letterbox--especially in mud or snow! Kindly double bag the log, reseal the Lock-n-Lock type box, and re-hide the letterbox exactly where it was placed, covering it well and contact the placer if you find any problems.
Thank you, Connfederate