The story I'm telling this summer is based on the origin of the phrase "Messages to Garcia," which is, as most FV'ers know, the name of a game we play here. Like "Ultimate Sicko Ball," it's a phrase that is used but not really understood. Who was Garcia, anyway?The photo here shows Andrew Summer Rowan, the man who was sent by President William McKinley to deliver a message to General Garcia in Cuba, along with General Garcia himself and a few of his mountaintop-hideout adjutants. This was 1899.
What was the message to Garcia? Come to camp and find out.
