But if your number were drawn and you didnt want to serve, you could hire a substitute to take your place. And people did. They put ads in newspapers saying, I will offer $800, or $1,000, sometimes $1,500—a lot of money in those days—if you will go fight in the Civil War ...
It might sound strange, but the game has a serious meaning: to help people connect with nature and save the forest from being cut down. “At first, people thought it was silly,” Riitta, the owner of a forest, said, “but not in a bad way. Finns like to do unusual things and don...