We visited Antietam with my parents as well. It's only about an hour drive from our home and holds such significant national history there. We'd been to Gettysburg before and so we bypassed that this time around.
"Antietam was the bloodiest one day battle in American History. 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation." - NPS Website
Places like this mean a lot to me as I realize what sacrifices were made for the freedoms that I have today. Those freedoms I take for granite and all too often we find ourselves forgetting what this country was built upon. So grateful for the leaders and soldiers who sacrificed (and still sacrifice) their lives to fight for a better today.
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