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Antietam, Antietam National Battlefield, Emancipation
Proclamation, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, John 1, John 11, John
12, John 8, John 9, memorial illumination, Messianic prophesies,
O Little Town of Bethlehem, Potomac River, Prince of Peace, Ray
Stedman, Robert E. Lee, Romans 5, the hopes and fears of all the
years, Washington County Maryland November 29, 2010 In Jesus was
life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4 If you see a
large glow in the sky over Washington County, Maryland this
Saturday, don’t be alarmed. It’s just the luminaria. Every year
on December’s first Saturday, Antietam National Battlefield sets
out sand-and-candle-filled bags to honor all the casualties of
the bloodiest one-day battle in American military history. Care
to guess how many that is? 23,110. That’s one luminaria for each
Union and Confederate soldier killed, maimed or lost on
September 17, 1862. A staggering number, isn’t it? The bags are
placed along a five-mile