Day 8

Today we went to a Civil War battlefield called Antietam. We went to the theatre and saw a movie about men who had died for their country. The south was fighting against the north. Then we went to the cannons and saw different types. One fired a cannon ball which exploded into little pieces called shrapnel. Then we toured the battle field. We went into a road called Bloody Lane. It was called that because so many people died on the road. We saw a memorial to Clara Barton. She went out into the battle field and helped the wounded soldiers. We went up a tower and we saw the whole battle field. Finally, we went to a bridge called Burnside Bridge. The North tried to cross it but the South kept shooting them with sharp shooter. Eventually they made it across.

Bloodly Lane - so many dead in this part of the battle.

The cannons were not ridden like this...

From the tower - the battle scene on one side...

Charging over the Burnside Bridge.