I've been to many battlefields. Antietam is my favorite for the beauty of the countryside, how little it has changed since the 1860s, and how it is not overrun by tourists. Hike a 10-mile loop around it, and you are totally immersed. There is a definite spookiness caused by the above factors, combined with the memory of what happened.
@FordHoard
Жыл бұрын
I stopped there with my Dad on the way back from the Gettysburg anniversary reenactment this year, and it was so quiet and peaceful at Antietam.
@karlheinzvonkroemann2217
Жыл бұрын
I was there about 30 years ago with a friend. It looks like time for another visit.
@mlbrooks4066
9 ай бұрын
The locals have been very careful to protect the history there all these years. A lot of them are descended from the residents of Sharpsburg who went thru the battle.
@dushanepowell3782
Ай бұрын
I visited the park/battlefield this past Spring. What a amazing experience it was. I would recommend this to anyone as a must visit. Thank you all for all your hard work.
@scarecrow6176
Жыл бұрын
My wife and I was there yesterday and we both enjoyed out time at this historical place.
@patriotmama
4 күн бұрын
We have been to the Antietam Battlefield three times. The last time we were there was this spring (2024). The Museum upgrades are wonderful. That view from that room is just amazing and is the best part was the addition of the map in the middle showing all points. We love coming here and will again. Very well done.
@michelehumphrey852
Жыл бұрын
That view alone is worth the membership to the American Battlefield Trust🇺🇸
@richardkeener-k4e
Жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of our family visits when our kids were little in the70s
@johnswon963
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Garry for your role in helping to keep our history alive
@DrummerDanVa
Жыл бұрын
Recently visited Fredricksburg, Manassas, and Chancellorville battlefields but have been waiting for the new visitor's center at Antietam. This is great news!
@jeffrey7938
5 ай бұрын
I have visited Antietam twice. Standing in Bloody Lane, I was in awe of the men who fought there and felt a deep sadness for the men who died right there, piled up waist high.
@simpilot8508
Жыл бұрын
My ancestor fought with the 2nd Louisiana Infantry at Antietam with Starke's Brigade at the Hagerstown Turnpike, he survived and went on to be killed at Gettysburg at Culps Hill.
@mlbrooks4066
9 ай бұрын
I used to volunteer there, for ten years. I can’t wait to see it.
@bobs1728
Жыл бұрын
Antietam, "That Field of Blood".
@jasonwilliamson8416
Жыл бұрын
I'm really looking forward to making it back to Antietam in the near future. I've been there 6 times but it's been quite a while. It holds a special place for me as I had two great great uncles that faced off against each other in the Cornfield.
@marvwatkins7029
11 ай бұрын
An impressive facility, a vast improvement, indeed, as long as AC is installed and works. Maryland gets awfully hot and humid in the summer.
@davidmurray5399
Жыл бұрын
I was there in September of 1997, I remember the 'old' Visitor Center. I was in my Union Civil War uniform[my Great-Great Grandfather served in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry]as I had been at a reenactment all that morning, and the other people in the building thought I was an employee, as the heel-taps on my brogans clattered on the floor as I walked around. Antietam was one of the last Civil War engagements where the armies could view one another as the formations moved, met and fought across the battle area.
@MrFrikkenfrakken
Жыл бұрын
To see where we are going we must understand and learn from where we have been. Well done to the NPS for the renovation and of course the presentation by Keith, Garry and the ABT.
@johnportanova2583
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to re visit Antietam I was there back in 2015 or so
@mitchsegal8372
Жыл бұрын
I live a mile from the battlefield and am on it daily. I’ve watched this project from the beginning. Keith and his team have done a wonderful job in making over the Center. A lot of infrastructure work was needed before exhibit work could be done. Everyone should come and learn the story of this battle.
@pitthistoryguy1301
Жыл бұрын
Yes please come visit our beloved Antietam! What a wonderful renovation by the park staff. Also I highly recommend using one of the Antietam Battlefield Guides and attending the Antietam Institute Spring Seminar and Fall Conference.
@rachaelday6154
Жыл бұрын
Garry, I love that you still get so excited about all of this!
@tommymitchell2306
Жыл бұрын
Gary is a great guy!
@danq.5140
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed my visit back 10 years ago. A very somber feel to the whole area, knowing how many souls perished there.
@karlheinzvonkroemann2217
Жыл бұрын
I've visited most all of the major battlefields from Bentonville to Gettysburg and the only that ever bothered me was Manassas and that was 40 years. Funny how that goes.
@RRM13
Жыл бұрын
Cool, cool, cool. Congratulations! Well done! Hello from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷.
@clarkbuckner4900
Жыл бұрын
Glad Mr.Snyder is still there!
@joeydiamond831
Жыл бұрын
Thx Gary... I was there the end of May while it was still under construction.... can't wait to return
@texmexfla
Жыл бұрын
Love the newly renovated National Park Service (NPS) visitor center and can not wait to visit! Thanks to the American Battlefield Trust and NPS for this video preview!
@nathanapodaca3456
5 ай бұрын
Gary looks like a kid visiting a candy factory, I love it 😂 Super excited to visit
@e-4airman124
Жыл бұрын
thank you
@Jangolfin
11 ай бұрын
I would so like to come to visit there and make such a photo safari myself. Such a remarkable new visitor center and the historic battlefield itself is such an important place to be seen and to be visited.
@Shoupdawoop
Жыл бұрын
I just missed this! I visited Antietam for the first time after the 2023 teacher conference.
@psinclairjr
Жыл бұрын
What a great facility! I Thank each of you for the dedication to the Hallowed Ground and the education our society so desperately needs about what occured there. As a side, the subtle respect the Ranger is showing is quite impressive
@SMTraz
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful enhanced center! Can't wait to visit.
@tomdynia9951
Жыл бұрын
I'm excited to see the renovated visitor's center, will be even more excited when I'm there in September. Good to see Keith again who I remember from many battlefield hikes. His knowledge and passion are second to none.
@anderstietz809
Жыл бұрын
Fun watching Garry getting all geeked out about the new visitor center facilities.
@samgray2589
Жыл бұрын
So happy that these important places are so greatly cared for! Thank you Battlefield Trust and National Park Service!
@georgepress1261
Жыл бұрын
First time visiting Antietam was this past July. Visitor center was close, but beautiful landscape, hard to believe that 23,000 was kill, wounded and missing
@baronpen
Жыл бұрын
At about 0:14, when Garry says he's "super excited to be here," is he ever NOT super excited? 😁
@blakebufford6239
Жыл бұрын
No. Never. He is the cool in cucumber.
@tumbleweed2240
Жыл бұрын
Major Garry geek out 😂❤❤
@HatCreekMan57
Жыл бұрын
We were there in 2009.I would like to go back and see it now.
@Stevenp1863
Жыл бұрын
Great effort by so many. Congratulations to all. A very, very special place that is so deserving of this love and new found inspiration. Thank you all!!
@Sherman1862
Жыл бұрын
September 17th, 1862!!!! Awesome Tour... Thank You!!! I'm sipping water with lemon out of my new "American Battlefield Trust Water Bottle... Hurrah!!!! ; )
@TermiteUSA
Жыл бұрын
As a 12 yr old in May,1962 my parents, with grandparents in tow, took me and two kid friends to Gettysburg. It was a great day sandwiched in between cruising in dad's new Chris Craft on the Chesapeake. We liked it so much that when dad found out about the Antietam 100 reenactment he planned another weekend away from the water. I remember we parked in a field near enough to the battery close to Dunkard Church that the sound bothered my mother but we could watch the gun crews at work and thru the smoke see some of the assaults on Bloody Lane. Ive been there many times since but those first encounters with fields like these always stand out. Congrats on the new building.
@danwoodliefphotography871
Жыл бұрын
I was very impressed with the new visitor center. The bookstore has so much more to intice me now. My wife would say too much. The casualty lightup display is particularly effective in portraying the cost of this battle.
@foobitt1
Жыл бұрын
Hey Gary it was so great to meet you on this day.Thanks so much for taking a picture with us.We felt like we met a rock star😜 Keep up the great work👍
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust
Жыл бұрын
You too!!
@TermiteUSA
Жыл бұрын
Gary IS a rock star!
@marvwatkins7029
11 ай бұрын
Gary "Good Good" Adelman is probably America's foremost (and certainly the most excitedly enthusiastic) living Civil War expert (sorry historians and history professors). All of which I say "good, good"!
@liberalman8319
Жыл бұрын
They should do videos on all civil war visitor centers.
@michaelhoffman5348
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Guys - was at Antietam last in 2021, and of course, the center was closed. Looking forward to a return trip!
@RedneckDeluxe
Жыл бұрын
I went to Gettysburg few months ago. That visitor center is nice too. Got to make my way to Antietam soon.
@jamesmurphy9346
Жыл бұрын
I lived in Western Maryland and visited Antietam a few times. Glad to see the upgrades. Still remember seeing a Shaving Kit that a Union solider had lost in a previous battle that was found at Antietam on a Confederate dead. Also the rifle pits that were still evident near a Bridge. If I ever get back that way again I'll pay a visit. Thanks for the memories.
@jebbthetrainkid1281
Жыл бұрын
Big Improvement from the Old Museum. Can't wait to stop by and check it out. It's such a great and well preserved Civil War Battlefield that is pretty much untouched.
@milepost465historyhobbies4
Жыл бұрын
That’s really awesome! Antietam was the first large battlefield I visited. The ranger that gave the talk in that observation room left a huge impression on me and allowed me to understand that battle so much more. Truly inspired work going on there! Thank you !
@skpjoecoursegold366
Жыл бұрын
love a good visitor center.
@trochartist
Жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to go back👍
@topazstars7734
Жыл бұрын
Hey it’s good to see everything come together!
@JasonAlexander-uz4ns
Жыл бұрын
Very nicely done. Great presentation and informational comments 👍
@tberkoff
Жыл бұрын
Can we now relocate the Visitor Center off some of the most important and bloodiest ground on the battlefield? It's too bad the NPS has decided to double down on the building with this renovation and even increase its footprint. I realize Antietam doesn't have the financial support that Gettysburg has when Gettysburg relocated its VC, but the VC location at Antietam would be equivalent to putting the Gettysburg VC directly on Cemetery Ridge next to the Copse of Trees.
@tumbleweed2240
Жыл бұрын
I agree, but that horse has left the barn
@tberkoff
Жыл бұрын
@@tumbleweed2240 Yes it has.
@stephen3548
Жыл бұрын
Looks great, folks. Can't wait to visit.
@tonyk1584
Жыл бұрын
Good Good
@josephcastelo6127
Жыл бұрын
A family group visited Antietam just a week or so before the new center opened. I consider going back to see it a must. Like many other people I think Antietam is the best preserved and observable battlefield in the eastern theatre of the war. I found Gettysburg and the Richmond Area battlefields very sadly disappointing compared to past decades I visited. Cold Harbor and Fredericksburg are particularly neglected. And Spotsylvania battle field has virtually disappeared.
@fciimd
Жыл бұрын
Looks very good; big improvement.
@UncleSam-nu4ql
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to come back to Antietam. I was there right before covid. Dunker church was open and I went in and sat in a pew. I'll be sure to see the newly renovated visitor center.
@e_skie2685
Жыл бұрын
Hope they still have the old interactive map that showed how the battle unfolded.
@SwisstedChef2018
Жыл бұрын
Very nice.
@chichilersm3186
Жыл бұрын
1:36 is my favorite part
@donswain7859
6 ай бұрын
Will be there Saturday 😊
@stevetrimborn3739
Жыл бұрын
My son and i visited July 2022 and genuinely loved the visit.
@tyrian_baal
Жыл бұрын
The Liberty Rifles and other groups helped with a new film for this visitor center, you'll get to see the most authentic group to date
@Moremoney4ewu
9 ай бұрын
Great job guys!
@bobhanson6586
Жыл бұрын
So nice to see the investment in restoring and modernizing these centers. Last spring, I spent a month touring a broad sweep of over 40 major sites, and it was evident the effort was paying off. Donnellson, Shiloh, Corinth, Antietam, Gettysburg all had major projects in action. Thank You! Money well spent.
@karlheinzvonkroemann2217
Жыл бұрын
There should be a lot more of it coming from the government.
@whitechickencowwow
Жыл бұрын
I was there a few weeks ago, a week before they open. I wish I could have waited for this to open. I will be back I promise
@JayYoung-ro3vu
Жыл бұрын
We might have toured the visitor's center on a family trip in the late 1980s? I remember recounting a story thst we MIGHT have an ancestor who fought there? I loved walking around parts of the battlefield. A happy accident brought me face to face to a product made in our new home city. Was surprised and proud that a product made here was in place like that. I wonder how many people have seen it? Wondered and researched it?
@TheHistoryUnderground
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. Really looking forward to getting back out there and seeing the new facility.
@ronquixote1739
Жыл бұрын
The braille on the tactile map is all lower case even though the print is all upper case. On the plus side, the braille is contracted and it looks to be extremely durable.
@jacquelinebloom4339
Жыл бұрын
Well done!
@woodsy9682
Жыл бұрын
I will be there in March can't wait
@karensanford993
Жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to see the new center! It looks great!
@christopherweber9464
Жыл бұрын
That interpretive structure
@adamkinnaman6889
Жыл бұрын
I can not wait to go see this!
@paulhendershot111
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, Gary. We visited Antietam last summer and went through the temporary building that was in use, but I can't wait to get back there to see the remodeled visitor center.
@denniscallaghan6597
Жыл бұрын
can't wait to see it on the anniversary!
@calebmjones1993
Жыл бұрын
absolutely awesome cant wait!
@31stvirginia
Жыл бұрын
I am a reenactor and when I found this it was like 5 seconds before I subscribed
@jimchumley7907
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Battlefield. I'm very sensitive to death and whenever I walk through the sunken road I weep and get very quiet and tear up. I wear sunglasses alot and since this reaction embarrasses me I can hide my emotions. I get very emotional walking this Battlefield, especially the sunken road. Very haunting and very horrific. Such an enormous loss of human life in one day. So so sad! 😔
@ElectrikNYCfunK
Жыл бұрын
lol Tim really did use the perfect word in describing Garry 🤣🤣🤣 edit: He used "Frantic" lol
@tumbleweed2240
Жыл бұрын
Tactile map needs colored lights for electric map feel! Hey Antietam staff: how about making a Clara Barton interpretive trail up there at the Poffenberger Farm? So much to talk about up there.
@suzannesilvia3658
Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@gehmangang8006
Жыл бұрын
Can not wait to visit next month!
@donb7113
3 ай бұрын
It’s a very nice visitors center. I didn’t know about the upstairs though.
@dbn52
Жыл бұрын
My Trip to Gettysburg now has a detour down route 70. Sure Hubby won't mind this detour. So excited
@gregorybaltzer2736
Жыл бұрын
Was there i 1993..bout time i returned
@danitenotes
Жыл бұрын
Wow! I was literally there last weekend! The new visitor center is impressive!
@genes.3285
Жыл бұрын
There was nothing wrong with the old visitor center, other than the fact that it was sitting smack dab in the middle of the Confederate line. Now they have got even more infrastructure sitting in the wrong place. And boy oh boy, I'm really excited about the expanded gift store and movie theater. They should result in more revenue to the park. If they wanted to make an actual improvement, they could have moved the visitor center nearer to the park entrance and put that area back the way it was.
@eltonjohnson1724
Жыл бұрын
The Visitor Center looks great. I was there years ago when the battlefield was more impressive than the Visitors' Center. Now, it looks like both are terrific for visiting.
@KimberlyHamacher-os1ol
Жыл бұрын
We spent the day here today, on the 161st anniversary
@bottomlesspit7
Жыл бұрын
I was there last year while it was still being worked on! Can't wait to return!
@deweyoxburger295
Жыл бұрын
This battle made my family poor up until my father’s time.
@richardglady3009
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@kevin6293
Жыл бұрын
They should attach a watchtower to the Visitor Center. It’s in a perfect location on top of a hill between the Cornfield and Bloody Lane.
@genes.3285
Жыл бұрын
There's too much infrastructure the way it is.
@porcine83
Жыл бұрын
Looks amazing, I look forward to visiting in person.
@howardosden3112
5 күн бұрын
Looks like they did a nice job on the visitor center; much more room. I remember the "wounded" fence rail, but didn't it used to be displayed horizontally rather than vertically?
@terryeustice5399
Жыл бұрын
Funny that Tim did a video earlier about interactions with you in early 90’s Now your on talking on antietam at new visitors center. Thank you also for sharing. 💯👍👊
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