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Antietam National Battlefield
For Kids
 

Junior Ranger Program

Children ages 6-12 can complete a free activity booklet while they visit the park and earn a badge and a certificate. Ask for the program at the visitor center information desk.

Click here for a battlefield scavenger hunt (pdf, 460 kb) that you and your family can complete while touring the battlefield and aswering questions.

Click here to go the the National Park Service WebRangers site.

Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
Six generals were killed or mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam - 3 Union and 3 Confederate. Today, the location where they were killed is marked by a mortuary cannon, a cannon barrel muzzle down in a block of stone.

Last Updated: February 12, 2009 at 16:18 EST