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Memorial Illumination

Antietam National Battlefield

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The Memorial Illumination is held on the first Saturday in December. 1,000 volunteers place and light 23,000 candles in paper bags across the battlefield. Each candle represents a soldier that was killed or wounded during the battle. Visitors drive through an awesome reminder of the magnitude of loss at Antietam.