The North Georgia Treasure Hunt is a competition that celebrates volunteers.
The Fire Department is what most people think of when you mention volunteers. In 1776 the marines were volunteers. There are many types of volunteers and they all have one thing in common. They all share the good cheer of the American Spirit and this is what real treasure is.
In this competition, the American Spirit is the treasure you are hunting for.
The league has 30 teams. Every person, whether a fan or a player is put on one of the 30 teams when they register. Most competitions are odd numbers VS even numbers. Some competitions are every team for themselves.
10 teams will be eliminated. 5 teams are in the playoffs. 1 team will be the World Champion and 1 person from that team will be “President For A Day”
All teams have the same goal. They must volunteer to turn a Special Hero, into a Super Hero. The Special Hero was born with a qualified disability such as Down syndrome.
The treasure hunt goes on all year. The third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day. It is also a day called the “North Georgia Treasure Hunt.” This is the day where you recognize the good cheer and the American Spirit of volunteers by giving them ice cream.
The Treasure Hunt has a Pirate theme. In 1776 the British called our volunteer marines, who won at the Battle of Trenton, “Scurvy Dog Pirates.” We called the losers “British.” The British surrendered the booty. This made the Pirates booty bigger and the biggest booty wins!
The North Georgia Treasure Hunt has treasure, adventure and surprises. The easy level is where you hunt for promotional coupons not available to the general public. No instructions are needed. You just donate and trade reward points for coupons. The medium level needs some knowledge and this is where you can create or search for adventure. On the hard level you have to swear and spit to be a volunteer. You compete to gain rank to be the General then you lead your volunteers to victory!
You plunder British booty with recreational sports, art, music and more. If you swear and spit to be a patriotic pirate of 1776, you can help to create an interactive TV series and introduce a new reality based genre called “Altruistic Comedy.”
You play to win the greatest treasure of all, the pursuit of happiness called the American Spirit!
Easy – Top of the treasure page, Medium – Bottom of the Treasure Page, Hard – Pirates Page!
A few times a year there is a special event called a “Water Carnival.” If you play on the Medium or Hard level, click on “1776.”
The American Spirit was created on Christmas Day 1776. Three groups of volunteer marines were to cross the Delaware River and battle the British. Colonel Cadwalader with his 1800 men and James Ewings with his 800 men turned back due to a ferocious Christmas storm. It took George Washington 11 hours to cross the 300 yards of the Delaware River with 2,400 patriotic volunteers using fishing boats, hunting weapons and farm tools to battle a well trained, well equipped British army dug into the city of Trenton.
As the patriots got closer to the British, instead of a surprise attack, front and center unarmed musicians marched into battle playing the fife and drum to call out the British to fight. All of George Washington’s men were singing “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and even dancing as they advanced into battle.
The British were shocked, surprised, demoralized and fought poorly. The patriots were energized, fought courageously and won. That is how the American Spirit was used as a weapon to defeat the British.
To this day, “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” is the number one song played in fife and drum competitions. The story of the American spirit spread to other patriots and we won our independence. It has continued to this day and USA soldiers are known for their American Fighting Spirit.
The Star Spangled Banner was written by John Frances Key in 1813. Before that “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” a song that mocked the British was our unofficial national anthem.
If you are on a volunteer mission called a “Treasure Hunt,” to prove you are not a British spy, you can be challenged with a few pirate coins called “Loony,” to sing the first line of Yankee Doodle Dandy. If you don’t sing and dance heartily, (Or sing more than the first line!) you are a British spy! You will surrender the booty and could be given a “Booby Prize,” keel hauled or walk the plank.
The place where Yankee Doodle Dandy was sung the most often and with the greatest cheer and spirit was at the Tun Tavern. This was at Water Street and Tun Alley across the street from “Washingtons Wharf” on the Delaware River.
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Paul Jones and many other founding fathers were at Independence Hall during the day and at the Tun Tavern in the evenings. During the day they crafted the declaration of independence and the constitution. During the evenings they drank beer and recruited volunteer Marines at the Tun Tavern. Yankee Doodle Dandy, sung to mock the British, was the most popular song at the Tun Tavern. Everybody sang it loudly with all the Spirit they had. The Marines raised their flag for the first time at the Tun Tavern. The Marine Slogan is “Born in a bar.”
A place known by the British as the “Pirate Dive Bar.”
The marines were an innovative mix of volunteers. Why did they volunteer?
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