Codes have been used throughout history whenever
people wanted to keep messages private. In American history, George
Washington sent coded messages to his agents, and the Culper Spy ring
used codes to communicate with each other. Members of the Continental
Congress also encoded their documents. Read about the Enigma
decoding machine and the role it played in World War II.
If you're up to the challenge, try to decode
the following messages. Read the directions carefully and bust those
codes! After decoding each message, click on the "Verify Code" button
to see if you were successful.
If you enjoy the codes, you may want to read more
about them. There are several books about codes, codewriting, and decoding
messages on our booklist.
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