NEWS AND OPINION:
There are some big plans for a well-known Civil War battlefield.
The National Park Service is in the process of amending a 30-year-old management plan for Antietam National Battlefield, site of the “bloodied single-day battle in American history,” the service said in a public announcement.
The new amendment is intended to “guide the evolving management of the historic battlefield landscape,” among other goals. It makes for interesting reading; there’s “Alternate A” and “Alternate B” plans regarding trees, meadows, stone walls, wildlife, creeks, trails, historic structures, farmsteads and much more.
The public is invited to weigh in on this weighty project; the battlefield itself is located in Sharpsburg, Maryland.