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Antietam National Battlefield
Operating Hours & Seasons

Open All Year
Jan. 2008-May 8, 2008 8:30AM-5:00 PM

May 9-May 29, 2008 8:30AM-6:00PM

May 30-Sept. 20, 2008 8:00AM-7:00PM

Sept. 21-Oct.25, 2008 8:30AM - 6:00 PM

Oct. 26, 2008-Feb. 2009 8:30AM - 5:00 PM

Phone (301) 432-5124

Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas,  and New Years Day

Special Programs
Memorial Day Commemoration, Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend

Independence Day Commemoration (First Saturday in July)

Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), September 17

The Memorial Illumination on the 1st Saturday in December.
Robert Gould Shaw  

Did You Know?
Robert Gould Shaw served as a Captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry and was wounded in the Cornfield at Antietam before taking command of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry made famous in the movie Glory.

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Last Updated: February 19, 2008 at 14:11 EST