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Antietam National Battlefield
Operating Hours & Seasons

Open All Year
Jan. 2008-May 8, 2008 8:30AM-5:00 PM

May 9-May 29, 2008 8:30AM-6:00PM

May 30-Sept. 20, 2008 8:00AM-7:00PM

Sept. 21-Oct.25, 2008 8:30AM - 6:00 PM

Oct. 26, 2008-Feb. 2009 8:30AM - 5:00 PM

Phone (301) 432-5124

Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas,  and New Years Day

Special Programs
Memorial Day Commemoration, Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend

Independence Day Commemoration (First Saturday in July)

Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), September 17

The Memorial Illumination on the 1st Saturday in December.

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Did You Know?
The First Texas Infantry lost 82% of their men killed, wounded and missing while fighting in the Cornfield at Antietam, the highest casualty rate for any Confederate regiment in one battle of the Civil War.

Last Updated: February 19, 2008 at 14:11 EST