Antietam Battlefield Luminaries – Put this on your calendar next year

I have been in the Frederick area for the last nine years.  I have heard people talk about it.  I have read about it.  But I have never experienced anything like it.  This was my first year that I went to the Memorial Illumination at Antietam Battlefield.  I not only just visited as a spectator but was fortunate to be one of the few permitted photographers allowed to wonder the Battlefield.  I was quite thrilled to be part of this spectacular event.  You can guarantee I will be back there next year and more prepared for the cold weather.  There was a group of us that snapped off some amazing photographs of this annual event.  (one of my best.) This usually happens about the first weekend of December. Put this on your calendar to do this next year.  The drive through park takes a few hours to traverse the 4.5 course, but well worth the trip.   Check out the official site for the details.  Or check back here, I am sure I will remind you.

Antietam was the site of one of the nation’s bloodiest battles in American history.  The day was  September 17, 1862.  Today in the honor of those who died they line the battlefield with 23,000 luminaries.  Until you drive through the National park, you really don’t know what 23,000 really looks like.  It take 1,300 volunteers all day to line the field and light them.  I think they did a fine job.

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So, when you are looking for something to do around Frederick, don’t forget about our local monumental battlefields or other national parks in the area.

• Antietam Battlefield
• Monocacy Battlefield
• Catocitin Mountain
• Appalachian National Trail

Have a great weekend and be safe.

Bob is a licensed Real Estate agent in Maryland and Pennsylvania. You can contact him via email at bob@gotbob4homes.com or call him on his cell phone at 240-285-4918.  He has been the Assistant Manager at the Mt Airy office for the past two years. Not only does he list and sell residential real estate, but can help you with your commercial real estate needs as well. He has been a resident of Frederick County for the past nine years.