SHARSPBURG, Md. (AP) -- Volunteers are preparing to light up the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg with more than 23,000 candles. The annual illumination Saturday night honors the more ...

Called “Antietam candles,” though they are now ... her students typically go out to eat, then return to light the candles. “If the weather cooperates, it doesn’t take very long ...

of the casualties incurred at the Battle of Antietam, the nation’s single bloodiest one-day battle. In addition to the 23,110 lit candles that will fill the grounds of the battlefield in order ...

A long-forgotten Civil War map has recently been rediscovered, shedding new light on the bloody aftermath of the battle of Antietam. Some 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing following ...

Vandalism and an outdated lighting system prompted officials ... During tonight’s fifth Memorial Illumination of the Antietam National Battlefield, 23,110 candles will honor Union and ...

She said many volunteers return to the same small area of the field in which they have been placing luminarias and lighting candles for a quarter of a century. Hosted by Antietam National ...

The volunteers helped prepare the site for the 28th Annual Antietam National ... commenced the chore of lighting them in the early afternoon. “The volunteers set the candles very precisely ...

Antietam Valley Community Partnership has announced the 7th annual Tree Lighting in the Park for Saturday, Dec. 2, from 6:30-8 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., there will be a gathering in the Recreation ...