"The Rest is Silence" Antietam Illumination
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Uploaded by mannie1952 on Dec 4, 2007
Every December Antietam National Battlefield holds the Battlefield Illumination - one candle for each of the casualties of "America's Bloodiest Day".
23,110 candles.
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Awesome, I cant wait to see it this dec..
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one of those candles is for Cpt Cary F Grimes, CSA ,..my relative. Portsmouth Light Artillery KIA Battle of Sharpsburg Wednesday Sep 17th 1862 Pipers Farm directing 4 smoothbore field pieces called the "Grimes Battery". with him passed Pvt. Joseph Stoakesand Pvt Quinton Overman: both Norfolk boys.
God Bless These Virginians who heeded thier country's call and fought for their land, their homes, their families, their states. God has the final word.
as its said on their standard:
Deo Vindice.
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Very well done and the music choice is weel thought as well. I am on of the Official photographers, My sister is the other. And the luminaries always give me goosebumps, when one remembers just whay each bags stands for. Thanks for posting
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That is quite a sight to see.
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I just did that Antietam Illumination we camped out for 2 days lit 3 diffrent areas
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We just came back from volunteering for the 2009 Illumination with all the cold and snow. This video hits the mark on the meaning of the Illumination and how personally emotional each luminary becomes. I cannot imagine not returning each year to be part of this.
akerngeo 2 years ago
Thank you for you efforts on behalf of making this event possible. The illumination depends upon the energy of one generation of volunteers to commemorate an earlier generation of volunteers. I like that symmetry.
Best wishes,
Mannie
mannie1952 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing this. I have been to the illumination many times, I live in Hagerstown. Each time I feel that sense of being on sacred ground and once again the totality of the sacrifice of that day is made real to me again.
I look forward to going next year.
MarieEbersole 2 years ago
Marie,
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Mannie
mannie1952 2 years ago
The park couldn't do it without the Volunteers. Thanks for all of your hard work, and for putting up with the cold weather.
See you next year!
Mannie
mannie1952 3 years ago