Celebrate Juneteenth
What is better than HISTORY!? The answer, dear game player, is LOCAL HISTORY! Join us in an epic journey through our Community Collections as we explore histories of Black and African American Communities in Ann Arbor with this BADGE SERIES. What BETTER WAY to start out than with a badge about a HOLIDAY that happens to be the same day THIS badge is released? June 19th could only mean one thing -- it is JUNETEENTH!
This badge has been awarded to 467 players
Sign in to see clues and check your progress on this badge
Badge Series
Black Ann Arbor
Game
SummerGame2020
Difficulty
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Super Tricky
3 of out 4 difficulty
Badge Points
100
Comments
I believe the last clue may…
I believe the last clue may have the incorrect article year. Please check. Thank you.
You are right, that is fixed…
You are right, that is fixed! Thank you!
Thank you. I spent about 1/2…
Thank you. I spent about 1/2 an hour on this Friday before I gave up.
Does anyone know where …
Does anyone know where "Relief Park" was? (not a clue, just a side quest)
That is a good question! It…
That is a good question! It looks like there is some history of Relief Park in Patti F. Smith's Vanishing Ann Arbor https://aadl.org/catalog/record/10432023, which mentions Relief Park was on Madison St. According to a 1917 city directory, this park was at "ss Madison W, s end 5th".
Where do you make the format…
Where do you make the format 'photos'? I am having trouble with it.
If you're on a big screen,…
If you're on a big screen, the search bar across the top of the page has search: and then a for: drop down which is what you should set to photos. If you're on a small screen, you'll see "All formats" under the search field when you tap in the search field to enter your search terms. Does that help? Be sure to choose "Community Collections" first from the search dropdown to have Photos in the format dropdown.
I'm stuck on the 3rd clue. …
I'm stuck on the 3rd clue. I found the 3 digit number and the 2 letters and looked in collections but I can't come up with anything.
Once you have the correct…
Once you have the correct search term, your code is in the third result, a newspaper article from 1997! Make sure you search your term without any spaces: "###xx". Hopefully this helps!