Finding State Monuments at Antietam

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This exercise will help you to plan a bicycle route that includes finding state monuments at Antietam.  A map and some photos are your tools. Engage your brain before you start pedaling. If you know understand U.S. Postal code abbreviations, then you should be able to complete this exercise without doing any research.

7 State Monuments

There are seven state monuments at Antietam National Battlefield, and all of them are easy to find on a bicycle. They are listed in the following table. (Designer information is from the National Park Service’s “List of Classified Structures” database. Rededication information is from James and Suzanne Gindlesperger’s 2012 book, So You Think You Know Antietam? and from John Schildt’s 1991-2002 book, Monuments at Antietam.)

State Monuments

#StateDesignerDedicationRededicationReference
1Georgia (CSA)Harry SellersSept 20, 1961–LCS ID 045005 #029A
2IndianaJ.N. Forbes Co.Sept 17, 1910Sept 9, 1962LCS ID 04500 #098
3Maryland (USA, CSA)State of MarylandMay 30, 1900 (Pres. William B. McKinley)July 1, 1989
June 3, 2006		LCS ID 008125 #035
4MassachusettsCommonwealth of MassachusettsSept 17, 1898Sept 9, 1962LCS ID 045003 #107
5New JerseyJohn L. Meeker, W. Passmore, James Walling (Sculptors)Sept 17, 1903 (Pres. Theodore Roosevelt)Sept 9, 1962LCS ID 008133 #019
6New YorkRicci and ZarriSept 17, 1920Sept 1, 1962LCS ID 008143 #036
7Texas (CSA)State of TexasNov 11, 1964–LCS ID 045004 #029B

Can you find these sites on a map? Give it a try!

Finding State Monuments at Antietam

For each monument’s photograph, find its location on the map. (Or you could do it the other way around: For each map location, find the associated monument photograph.)

I am deliberately leaving this work to you as a learning exercise. As you interact with the maps, photographs, and above table, you will find yourself learning more about Antietam National Battlefield.

Bicyclists would do well to begin at the Visitor Center and walk to the New York State Monument on the grassy hill there. The Maryland State Monument is very close to Smoketown Road, where there is an opening in the park fence. This is a very convenient location to lean your bicycle on the fence and walk along a short grassy trail to the monument. The remaining five state monuments are conveniently located on park roads; follow the signs for Auto Tour Stops 1-4.

Map

Do you want to know the what monument is pinned on the following map? Hover over the pin with your mouse, or tap the pin on a mobile device. We are using United States postal abbreviations to identify states.

 

Photos

 

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