Antietam National Battlefield News

Man uninjured after vehicle catches fire on I-70 HANCOCK a ' A man escaped injury after his vehicle carrying fireworks caught fire today on eastbound I-70 near the town of Hancock, Maryland State Police said.

SHARPSBURG a ' An unusual donation of building stones by Marylanda TMs prison agency will help restore some barns on the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg.

The Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown is helping stretch taxpayer dollars this summer with a hefty contribution to the Antietam National Battlefield.

Plastic tarps were the tool of choice Saturday to reserve spots at the Maryland Symphony Orchestra's annual Salute to Independence at Antietam National Battlefield.

Carmichael, 70, and his dog, Maxwell Macdermit Macdough, were at Antietam National Battlefield early Saturday to stake out a good spot.

The 24th annual Salute to Independence at Antietam National Battlefield is scheduled for Saturday, the Fourth of July.

Songs, story telling and lectures marked the celebration Sunday of Juneteenth at Antietam National Battlefield.

WASHINGTON - The National Park Service is looking to stimulate summer vacations at national parks.

When Doug Oates crossed the finish line a full 27 seconds before the rest of the field on Sunday morning, the 30-year-old Hagerstown police officer stood alone in more ways than one.

One Memorial Day, I visited a small town in Maryland near the Antietam National Battlefield.

Boonsboro is near the Appalachian Trail. For more things to do and places to stay in Washington County, Md., visit www.marylandmemories.org. Nora Roberts' Inn BoonsBoro: The inn has six rooms and two suites.

But what is being done in our fast-moving high-tech modern society to make these sites even more interesting? How can these important areas reach out to the baby boomers as well as the current generation that is being raised in the computer, video game and cell phone age? Well, how about touring the battlefields on a Segway or using podcasts to ...

" National Park Service road repair projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will get a boost because Congress directed the Federal Highway Administration to spend $170 million of Recovery Act funds on roads in national parks.

Throughout military medical history, America's bloodiest one-day battle, which took place more than 140 years ago, offers a very unique teaching tool for modern military medical training.

Plans for the first Freedom's Run Marathon were unveiled this week, and organizers hope the October event through four of the area's historic parks will draw a great deal of interest.

As part of the two day Lincoln Symposium, "Lincoln, his Era and the American Presidency" being held at the Plaza Hotel, the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau is hosting a bus tour of significant local Presidential sites on Friday May 1. The bus tour is called "In the Footsteps of Lincoln and other Presidents." The tour ...

Joanna Cross' family is frustrated. They are frustrated with the multiple sclerosis that leaves their matriarch feeling severely tired.

"> Fan Di'an, director of the National Art Museum of China, found much to admire during a tour of Frederick 's arts community and public projects Friday.

"I'm a big Lincoln fan and Mary Todd Lincoln fan," Linda Gibson, of Charles Town, W.Va., said Thursday on the 200th anniversary of the 16th president's birth.

Two hundred years ago on Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in Illinois . Lured by his favorite cake and tea, he'll celebrate his 200th birthday with a party Feb.