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October 27, 2009
Fee Free on Veterans Day
Antietam National Battlefield Waives Entrance Fees For All Military Veterans and Current Members of the Armed Forces on Veterans Day November 11, 2009.

October 08, 2009
Antietam National Battlefield Will Continue to Replant the Historic East Woods This Fall
Help Replant the East Woods

October 08, 2009
Availability of 7 acres of pasture for grazing on the historic D R Miller Farm
Antietam National Battlefield announces the availability of 7 acres of pasture for grazing on the historic D.R. Miller Farm.

October 08, 2009
Lees Incursion into the North-Antietam on Sunday Oct 18
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts presents “Lee's Incursion into the North-Antietam on Sunday Oct. 18 at 2:30 PM, along with exhibition “The Unwritten War”.

September 09, 2009
Unknown Union Soldier Returning to New York
Unknown Union Soldier discovered last October will be returned to New York September 15, 2009

August 20, 2009
2009 Battle Anniversary Hike Schedule
2009 Battle Anniversary Hike Schedule.

August 20, 2009
Battle Anniversary Schedule 2009
Battle Anniversary for September 11 - September 17.

August 17, 2009
Draft White-tailed Deer Chronic Wasting Disease Detection and Initial Response Plan Environmental Assessment
Draft White-tailed Deer Chronic Wasting Disease Detection and Initial Response Plan/Environmental Assessment

June 24, 2009
Choir to Perform at Antietam
Antietam National Battlefield announced today that the Alaska Children’s Choir will perform at the Dunker Church on Thursday July, 2nd at 11:00 AM. The concert if free and open to the public.

June 03, 2009
Fee Free Weekends Announced
Fee Free Weekends Announced

May 01, 2009
Memorial Day Commemoration in Sharpsburg
142nd Memorial Day Commemoration in Sharpsburg on May 23, 2009.

President Lincoln  

Did You Know?
President Abraham Lincoln visited Antietam Battlefield two weeks after the battle and spent four days visiting General George McClellan, touring the battlefield and visiting the wounded of both sides.

Last Updated: January 09, 2007 at 15:29 EST