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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 4538718, member: 27832&quot;]Okay, finally had to figure out how to <i>measure</i> distance on Google Maps. Bottom point on the ruler is Antietam Battlefield; top point is the house where I lived until I was 11.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123647[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>We learned about the battle in elementary school, but less than you might expect. I don&#039;t believe we ever had a field trip to the site. You never appreciate what&#039;s in your own back yard.</p><p><br /></p><p>My parents retired to a house just a bit further away. On one visit to them, I took my bike, and made an afternoon trek to the site. It was a beautiful summer day, but hardly anyone else was there -- except, of course, all the dead.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123661[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123662[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish some of the lessons from this conflict had been better learned. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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