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April 28, 2009
NPS Announces Recovery Act Projects
The National Park Service (NPS) today announced nearly 800 projects totaling $750 million that can be completed across the country with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

March 23, 2009
Prescribed Fire at Antietam Battlefield
Prescribed Fire at Antietam Battlefield on Wednesday, 25 and Thursday 26 of March

March 16, 2009
2009 Full Schedule of Events
Full 2009 Schedule of Events for Antietam National Battlefield, Pry House Field Hospital Museum, and South Mountain State Park

March 09, 2009
Junior Ranger Day April 25
Jr. Ranger Day April 25.

March 03, 2009
March Battlefield Hikes Announced
March Battlefield Hikes with full schedule to follow.

February 24, 2009
Volunteers Needed at Antietam National Battlefield for Park Day, April 4
On Saturday, April 4, 2009, volunteers from around the country will team up with the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) to help clean and restore America’s historic Civil War battlefields, cemeteries and shrines.

February 10, 2009
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Tour to visit Antietam National Battlefield
Lincoln Mobile Exhibit to visit Antietam. Presented by Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

January 13, 2009
Antietam National Battlefield to Host 2 Days of Lincoln Programs
Lincoln Birthday Presentations

January 06, 2009
Civil War Grave Discovered at Antietam
Civil War Grave Discovered at Antietam

December 31, 2008
Volunteers needed to help replant East Woods
Volunteer to help plant trees in the East Woods this spring.

December 31, 2008
New Flagpole
New flagpole in place at National Cemetery.

November 24, 2008
Antietam National Cemetery Closed
Antietam National Cemetery to be Closed to the Public Beginning Monday November 24 to Replace Flagpole

November 18, 2008
National Park Service to Hold Public Meetings on White-tailed Deer Chronic Wasting Disease Response Alternatives
The National Park Service will hold two public meetings to present a range of alternatives for responding to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

William McKinley as a soldier and president.  

Did You Know?
William McKinley served at Antietam as a Commissary Sergeant in the 23rd Ohio Infantry before becoming the nation’s 25th President. A monument to him at Antietam was dedicated in his memory on October 13, 1903, two years after he was assassinated.

Last Updated: January 09, 2007 at 15:29 EST