On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, where “23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862”.
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On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia.
On the Sinclair Trails blog: We also visited the Smithsonian American History Museum in DC.
On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC.
On the Sinclair Trails blog: We did an evening guided tour of Washington DC monuments from the Cherry Hill Park campground.
On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying in the DC area, we attended a couple of baseball games. The first was the Atlanta Braves playing at the Baltimore Orioles stadium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards. ⚾️
On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying near Washington DC, we did a quick drive through the city, around the Capitol and along the National Mall.
On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited the Gettysburg memorials and cemetery.
On the Sinclair Trails blog, a different war, but perhaps a fairly appropriate post for Independence Day: We visited Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, including a third-party museum and visitor center.