Dec 2007
Antietam Illumination Hike
December 02 2007 11:09 AM Filed in: Hiking
The Memorial Illumination of Antietam is dedicated to the more than 23,000 people who either died, went missing or were unaccounted for after the Battle of Antietam. On Saturday, December 1st a group of about 37 Sierra Club members and meetup.com members hiked 11 miles through the battlefields and drove through the nighttime illumination. After the hike we drove through the illumination set up on the battlefields. Over 23,000 candles were lit in small paper bags by over 800 volunteers. The best photo ops were at night when all the candles were lit. Unfortunately the drive through the battlefield didn't allow time for me to get out of the car and set up the tripod, so I didn't get any good luminary shots. After the drive a smaller group of us met for dinner at the Old South Mountain Inn. Photos of the hike are HERE.
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