JFK VISITS ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD
Sharpsburg, Maryland (JFK+50) On April 7, 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited Antietam National Battlefield located near Sharpsburg. The visit followed one to Gettysburg National Battlefield a week earlier.
Mr. Kennedy left Camp David by Army helicopter accompanied by Mrs. Kennedy, Caroline and JFK Jr. Also along for the trip were Ted and Joan Kennedy, Lem Billings, Ralph Horton, and James Reed.
The tour guide was Acting Superintendent of Antietam National Battlefield, Robert L. Lagemann. The tour lasted about 90 minutes.
The Battle of Antietam, named after the creek that was the scene of the last part of the fighting on September 17, 1862, marked Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North.
The day following the battle, both sides took time to bury their dead and on the night of September 18, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia recrossed the Potomac back into Virginia.
The day of the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, according to the National Park Service, is the "bloodiest one day battle in American history."
Of the 100,000 engaged, 23,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or missing in less than 12 hours.
SOURCES
www.antietamjournal.blogspot.com
www.john-banks.blogspot.com
www.nps.gov
www.48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com
Robert L. Lagemann & JFK
Antietam NMP
Sharpsburg, Maryland
April 7, 1963
www.john-banks.blogspot.com
Sharpsburg, Maryland (JFK+50) On April 7, 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited Antietam National Battlefield located near Sharpsburg. The visit followed one to Gettysburg National Battlefield a week earlier.
Mr. Kennedy left Camp David by Army helicopter accompanied by Mrs. Kennedy, Caroline and JFK Jr. Also along for the trip were Ted and Joan Kennedy, Lem Billings, Ralph Horton, and James Reed.
The tour guide was Acting Superintendent of Antietam National Battlefield, Robert L. Lagemann. The tour lasted about 90 minutes.
The Battle of Antietam, named after the creek that was the scene of the last part of the fighting on September 17, 1862, marked Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North.
The day following the battle, both sides took time to bury their dead and on the night of September 18, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia recrossed the Potomac back into Virginia.
The day of the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, according to the National Park Service, is the "bloodiest one day battle in American history."
Of the 100,000 engaged, 23,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or missing in less than 12 hours.
SOURCES
www.antietamjournal.blogspot.com
www.john-banks.blogspot.com
www.nps.gov
www.48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com
Robert L. Lagemann & JFK
Antietam NMP
Sharpsburg, Maryland
April 7, 1963
www.john-banks.blogspot.com
