BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: Illumination

MD -- Antietam Natl Battlefield -- Event: Illumination:

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Description of Pictures: One candle for each of 23,000 casualties during the battle. Unfortunately, we had our first snow that evening and a fair number of candles had been extinguished by the rain, wind, or snow so the effect wasn't quite what I hoped for. It was certainly cold though!

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Description of Subject Matter: The Illumination is an event that Antietam puts on one night every winter. They put one lighted candle out for every soldier killed or wounded on the battlefield -- 23,000 in total. You drive through with your headlights off and just watch the magnitude of the scene. This is tougher with the new cars because they always have parking lights on as long as the car is on. Some people came prepared with black sheets of paper that they taped on their headlights.
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