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What you are reading: Tourism in Sharpsburg, Maryland This Weekend
Summary and Frequenly Asked Questions:
- Sharpsburg is a lovely town in Maryland that is best known as the home of the preserved Antietam National Battlefield, a National Park Service unit preserving the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War.
- Visitors can explore a plethora of National Register of Historic Places-listed locations throughout the town, including locations within the Sharpsburg Historic District such as Tolson's Chapel, the site of an important school for freed African Americans following the Civil War.
- Each year, the city hosts a renowned Memorial Day celebration that is considered to have been one of the nation's first celebrations of its kind at its inception.
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