Fall 2007 Events
We hope to see you at these upcoming events:
Sharpsburg’s Heritage Day Saturday September 15, 2007. Lectures, food, crafts, tours of historic homes, living history groups, and other activities in and around Sharpsburg, Maryland all day. Contact Paige Phifer 301-432-4631 for details. Paigephifer@earthlink.net
Full Schedule (Updated 8/16/2007)
9:00 – Rohrersville Band at Music Tent
9:30 – SHAF lecture series – John Schildt – Christ Reformed Church
10:00 – Antietam Battle Hospitals of Sharpsburg Tour-guided tour by John Nelson.
10:00 – Wildcat Regiment Band Concert at Music Tent
10:30 – Lecture at Town Hall – Ted Alexander “Citizens of Sharpsburg During the Battle of Antietam”
11:00 – 2nd Maryland Fife and Drum Concert at Music Tent
12:00 – Remembrance Ceremony & Battle of the Bands on S. Mechanic Street – Md SCV Color Guard, Rev. Catlett, Rev. Michael, Wildcat Band and 2nd Md Fife and Drum
1:00 – SHAF lecture series – John Nelson – Christ Reformed Church “The Sublimest Spectacle that Mortals Ever Gaze Upon – How Newspapers Covered the Battle of Antietam”
1:30 – Antietam Women’s Ensemble concert
2:00 – Antietam Battle Hospitals of Sharpsburg Walking Tour-guided tour by John Nelson
2:00 – Wildcat Regiment Band Concert at Music Tent
2:00 – SHAF lecture series – Tom Clemens – Christ Reformed Church “Why Sharpsburg: Lee’s Intentions in the Maryland Campaign
2:30 – Lecture at Town Hall – Sandy Izer, “Chaplain’s Mount Pleasant”
3:00 – 2nd Maryland Fife and Drum Concert at Tent
3:00 – SHAF lecture series – TBA, 16th Connecticut – Christ Reformed Church
5-7 – Pig Roast Picnic Dinner at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 209 W. Main St.
Tickets: $10 adults, kids 12 and under $4 – call Cindy Weaver 301-432-5463
7:00 – Alley walk with the 2nd Maryland Fifes and Drums – meet at the music tent
7:30 – Jimmy Brown & Friends Concert “American Hymns/Appalachian Hoedown” St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 209 W. Main St.

SHAF’s Fall Work Day Saturday November 10, 2007.
We will be engaged in scene restoration projects in the park. We may be planting more trees in the Piper orchard, clearing brush/trees or building fences. We’ll meet at 9:00 AM in the Visitor’s Center parking lot (if you arrive later, NPS representatives wil direct you to our work site). Dress appropriately for the weather – boots and gloves are a good idea – and bring some water. If you have a student who is satisfying volunteer hours, we will provide certification. Cancellation for rain based on local conditions. Call 301-432-2996 for details. Please send us a note to allow us to give the NPS an idea of how many workers we will have so they can plan the work accordingly.
Welcome to our new home
Welcome to the new web home of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation. Here you’ll find information on the foundation, our mission and accomplishments, projects in the works, articles, and news items concerning sites associated with the 1862 Maryland Campaign. You can also navigate to pages where you can join our organization, make a donation, or purchase SHAF merchandise.
Add our site to your “Favorites”, subscribe to the RSS news feed, and log in often. We’ll be adding content periodically.
Fight the Power
(crossposted from behind AotW)
Danger looms as large scale electric power transmission may soon impinge on the the Antietam battlefield, South Mountain, and many other historic and culturally significant sites.
According to the Washington Post
Its specific route has not been determined, but it would likely cut through environmentally sensitive and historically significant terrain, which includes the Potomac and Kanawha rivers, the scenic Allegheny Highlands and the Civil War battlefields at Antietam and South Mountain…
… Along the route would be hundreds of 125-foot towers with cables running in between on a corridor estimated at about 200 feet wide, said Allen Staggers, a spokesman for Allegheny Energy.

(photo from National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Keep your eyes on this one. It looks to be on a fast track for implementation with minimum oversight. It is brought to you by to the US Department of Energy’s National Interest Electric Transmission (NIET) program and provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (pdf).
The National Trust for Historic Preservation includes this proposed mid-Atlantic transmission corridor on it’s annual list of most endangered historic places, and hosts a lovely US Park Service map (pdf) of the interrelations between the NIET zones and heritage areas in the Eastern US.
See also an energy industry brief (pdf) on transmission corridors and US federal policy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) implementation of the Energy Policy Act, and new legislation to rein in the NEIT program.
- SHAF Statement Regarding the Destruction and Defacing of Civil War Monuments
(December 20, 2020)
- Film Supports SHAF
(June 17, 2020)
- SHAF Helps Clear Non-Historic Tree lines on ABT Property
(May 26, 2020)
- SHAF Annual Membership Meeting Postponed
(March 28, 2020)
- Next SHAF Workday, March 21, 2020
(March 11, 2020)
- March 21 SHAF Work Day Update
(January 17, 2020)
- SHAF Workday this Saturday, March 30
(October 27, 2019)
- SHAF Save the Dates
(October 13, 2019)
- Next SHAF Work Day, September 28, 2019
(October 8, 2019)
- Save Historic Antietam Foundation Creates Agency Fund
(July 4, 2019)
- Meal Choices for 2019 SHAF Annual Meeting
(April 17, 2019)
- Agenda for General Membership meeting
(October 25, 2018)
- Harsh Award Scholarship to be handed out in 2018
(October 7, 2018)
- Antietam battlefield property transferred to the NPS
(October 2, 2018)
- Next SHAF Workday Scheduled for October 27, 2018
(September 25, 2018)
- Spring 2018 workday rescheduled to Saturday, March 31
(August 23, 2018)
- SHAF is accepting applications for the 2019 Scholarship Award in Honor of Dr. Joseph L. Harsh
(August 18, 2018)
- 2018 Annual Meeting Recap
(August 7, 2018)
- SHAF presented with award by the American Battlefield Trust
(June 18, 2018)
- 2018 Annual Meeting
(April 6, 2018)
- Spring 2018 work day this Saturday, March 24!
(February 25, 2018)
- SHAF Annual Membership Meeting, May 6, 2017
(October 24, 2017)
- Recent changes on the Antietam Battlefield
(October 20, 2017)
- SHAF Fall 2017 Workday
(October 5, 2017)
- SHAF Spring Work Day
(October 25, 2016)
- SHAF Annual Meeting
(October 8, 2016)
- Demolition in North Woods
(January 11, 2016)
- Fall Work Day
(October 6, 2015)
- Preservation Opportunities!
(September 9, 2015)
- Victory for Preservation!
(July 14, 2015)
- SHAF Wins Preservation Award!!
(May 20, 2015)
- Spring Work Day
(March 27, 2015)
- Agenda for general membership meeting
(March 13, 2015)
- General Membership Meeting
(March 5, 2015)
- 2015 Newsletter
(February 23, 2015)
- 2013 Harsh Award Results
(December 8, 2014)
- Inclusion of Shepherdstown Battlefield within the NPS system
(September 9, 2014)
- August 2013 Newsletter
(August 15, 2013)
- Help Wanted!
(September 2, 2012)
- Speakers Seminar & Harsh Scholar Award September 8th
(August 20, 2012)
We hope to see you at these upcoming events:
Sharpsburg’s Heritage Day Saturday September 15, 2007. Lectures, food, crafts, tours of historic homes, living history groups, and other activities in and around Sharpsburg, Maryland all day. Contact Paige Phifer 301-432-4631 for details. Paigephifer@earthlink.net
Full Schedule (Updated 8/16/2007)
9:00 – Rohrersville Band at Music Tent
9:30 – SHAF lecture series – John Schildt – Christ Reformed Church
10:00 – Antietam Battle Hospitals of Sharpsburg Tour-guided tour by John Nelson.
10:00 – Wildcat Regiment Band Concert at Music Tent
10:30 – Lecture at Town Hall – Ted Alexander “Citizens of Sharpsburg During the Battle of Antietam”
11:00 – 2nd Maryland Fife and Drum Concert at Music Tent
12:00 – Remembrance Ceremony & Battle of the Bands on S. Mechanic Street – Md SCV Color Guard, Rev. Catlett, Rev. Michael, Wildcat Band and 2nd Md Fife and Drum
1:00 – SHAF lecture series – John Nelson – Christ Reformed Church “The Sublimest Spectacle that Mortals Ever Gaze Upon – How Newspapers Covered the Battle of Antietam”
1:30 – Antietam Women’s Ensemble concert
2:00 – Antietam Battle Hospitals of Sharpsburg Walking Tour-guided tour by John Nelson
2:00 – Wildcat Regiment Band Concert at Music Tent
2:00 – SHAF lecture series – Tom Clemens – Christ Reformed Church “Why Sharpsburg: Lee’s Intentions in the Maryland Campaign
2:30 – Lecture at Town Hall – Sandy Izer, “Chaplain’s Mount Pleasant”
3:00 – 2nd Maryland Fife and Drum Concert at Tent
3:00 – SHAF lecture series – TBA, 16th Connecticut – Christ Reformed Church
5-7 – Pig Roast Picnic Dinner at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 209 W. Main St.
Tickets: $10 adults, kids 12 and under $4 – call Cindy Weaver 301-432-5463
7:00 – Alley walk with the 2nd Maryland Fifes and Drums – meet at the music tent
7:30 – Jimmy Brown & Friends Concert “American Hymns/Appalachian Hoedown” St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 209 W. Main St.
SHAF’s Fall Work Day Saturday November 10, 2007.
We will be engaged in scene restoration projects in the park. We may be planting more trees in the Piper orchard, clearing brush/trees or building fences. We’ll meet at 9:00 AM in the Visitor’s Center parking lot (if you arrive later, NPS representatives wil direct you to our work site). Dress appropriately for the weather – boots and gloves are a good idea – and bring some water. If you have a student who is satisfying volunteer hours, we will provide certification. Cancellation for rain based on local conditions. Call 301-432-2996 for details. Please send us a note to allow us to give the NPS an idea of how many workers we will have so they can plan the work accordingly.
Welcome to our new home
Welcome to the new web home of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation. Here you’ll find information on the foundation, our mission and accomplishments, projects in the works, articles, and news items concerning sites associated with the 1862 Maryland Campaign. You can also navigate to pages where you can join our organization, make a donation, or purchase SHAF merchandise.
Add our site to your “Favorites”, subscribe to the RSS news feed, and log in often. We’ll be adding content periodically.
Fight the Power
(crossposted from behind AotW)
Danger looms as large scale electric power transmission may soon impinge on the the Antietam battlefield, South Mountain, and many other historic and culturally significant sites.
According to the Washington Post
Its specific route has not been determined, but it would likely cut through environmentally sensitive and historically significant terrain, which includes the Potomac and Kanawha rivers, the scenic Allegheny Highlands and the Civil War battlefields at Antietam and South Mountain…
… Along the route would be hundreds of 125-foot towers with cables running in between on a corridor estimated at about 200 feet wide, said Allen Staggers, a spokesman for Allegheny Energy.

(photo from National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Keep your eyes on this one. It looks to be on a fast track for implementation with minimum oversight. It is brought to you by to the US Department of Energy’s National Interest Electric Transmission (NIET) program and provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (pdf).
The National Trust for Historic Preservation includes this proposed mid-Atlantic transmission corridor on it’s annual list of most endangered historic places, and hosts a lovely US Park Service map (pdf) of the interrelations between the NIET zones and heritage areas in the Eastern US.
See also an energy industry brief (pdf) on transmission corridors and US federal policy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) implementation of the Energy Policy Act, and new legislation to rein in the NEIT program.
- SHAF Statement Regarding the Destruction and Defacing of Civil War Monuments
(December 20, 2020)
- Film Supports SHAF
(June 17, 2020)
- SHAF Helps Clear Non-Historic Tree lines on ABT Property
(May 26, 2020)
- SHAF Annual Membership Meeting Postponed
(March 28, 2020)
- Next SHAF Workday, March 21, 2020
(March 11, 2020)
- March 21 SHAF Work Day Update
(January 17, 2020)
- SHAF Workday this Saturday, March 30
(October 27, 2019)
- SHAF Save the Dates
(October 13, 2019)
- Next SHAF Work Day, September 28, 2019
(October 8, 2019)
- Save Historic Antietam Foundation Creates Agency Fund
(July 4, 2019)
- Meal Choices for 2019 SHAF Annual Meeting
(April 17, 2019)
- Agenda for General Membership meeting
(October 25, 2018)
- Harsh Award Scholarship to be handed out in 2018
(October 7, 2018)
- Antietam battlefield property transferred to the NPS
(October 2, 2018)
- Next SHAF Workday Scheduled for October 27, 2018
(September 25, 2018)
- Spring 2018 workday rescheduled to Saturday, March 31
(August 23, 2018)
- SHAF is accepting applications for the 2019 Scholarship Award in Honor of Dr. Joseph L. Harsh
(August 18, 2018)
- 2018 Annual Meeting Recap
(August 7, 2018)
- SHAF presented with award by the American Battlefield Trust
(June 18, 2018)
- 2018 Annual Meeting
(April 6, 2018)
- Spring 2018 work day this Saturday, March 24!
(February 25, 2018)
- SHAF Annual Membership Meeting, May 6, 2017
(October 24, 2017)
- Recent changes on the Antietam Battlefield
(October 20, 2017)
- SHAF Fall 2017 Workday
(October 5, 2017)
- SHAF Spring Work Day
(October 25, 2016)
- SHAF Annual Meeting
(October 8, 2016)
- Demolition in North Woods
(January 11, 2016)
- Fall Work Day
(October 6, 2015)
- Preservation Opportunities!
(September 9, 2015)
- Victory for Preservation!
(July 14, 2015)
- SHAF Wins Preservation Award!!
(May 20, 2015)
- Spring Work Day
(March 27, 2015)
- Agenda for general membership meeting
(March 13, 2015)
- General Membership Meeting
(March 5, 2015)
- 2015 Newsletter
(February 23, 2015)
- 2013 Harsh Award Results
(December 8, 2014)
- Inclusion of Shepherdstown Battlefield within the NPS system
(September 9, 2014)
- August 2013 Newsletter
(August 15, 2013)
- Help Wanted!
(September 2, 2012)
- Speakers Seminar & Harsh Scholar Award September 8th
(August 20, 2012)
Welcome to the new web home of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation. Here you’ll find information on the foundation, our mission and accomplishments, projects in the works, articles, and news items concerning sites associated with the 1862 Maryland Campaign. You can also navigate to pages where you can join our organization, make a donation, or purchase SHAF merchandise.
Add our site to your “Favorites”, subscribe to the RSS news feed, and log in often. We’ll be adding content periodically.
Fight the Power
(crossposted from behind AotW)
Danger looms as large scale electric power transmission may soon impinge on the the Antietam battlefield, South Mountain, and many other historic and culturally significant sites.
According to the Washington Post
Its specific route has not been determined, but it would likely cut through environmentally sensitive and historically significant terrain, which includes the Potomac and Kanawha rivers, the scenic Allegheny Highlands and the Civil War battlefields at Antietam and South Mountain…
… Along the route would be hundreds of 125-foot towers with cables running in between on a corridor estimated at about 200 feet wide, said Allen Staggers, a spokesman for Allegheny Energy.

(photo from National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Keep your eyes on this one. It looks to be on a fast track for implementation with minimum oversight. It is brought to you by to the US Department of Energy’s National Interest Electric Transmission (NIET) program and provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (pdf).
The National Trust for Historic Preservation includes this proposed mid-Atlantic transmission corridor on it’s annual list of most endangered historic places, and hosts a lovely US Park Service map (pdf) of the interrelations between the NIET zones and heritage areas in the Eastern US.
See also an energy industry brief (pdf) on transmission corridors and US federal policy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) implementation of the Energy Policy Act, and new legislation to rein in the NEIT program.
- SHAF Statement Regarding the Destruction and Defacing of Civil War Monuments
(December 20, 2020)
- Film Supports SHAF
(June 17, 2020)
- SHAF Helps Clear Non-Historic Tree lines on ABT Property
(May 26, 2020)
- SHAF Annual Membership Meeting Postponed
(March 28, 2020)
- Next SHAF Workday, March 21, 2020
(March 11, 2020)
- March 21 SHAF Work Day Update
(January 17, 2020)
- SHAF Workday this Saturday, March 30
(October 27, 2019)
- SHAF Save the Dates
(October 13, 2019)
- Next SHAF Work Day, September 28, 2019
(October 8, 2019)
- Save Historic Antietam Foundation Creates Agency Fund
(July 4, 2019)
- Meal Choices for 2019 SHAF Annual Meeting
(April 17, 2019)
- Agenda for General Membership meeting
(October 25, 2018)
- Harsh Award Scholarship to be handed out in 2018
(October 7, 2018)
- Antietam battlefield property transferred to the NPS
(October 2, 2018)
- Next SHAF Workday Scheduled for October 27, 2018
(September 25, 2018)
- Spring 2018 workday rescheduled to Saturday, March 31
(August 23, 2018)
- SHAF is accepting applications for the 2019 Scholarship Award in Honor of Dr. Joseph L. Harsh
(August 18, 2018)
- 2018 Annual Meeting Recap
(August 7, 2018)
- SHAF presented with award by the American Battlefield Trust
(June 18, 2018)
- 2018 Annual Meeting
(April 6, 2018)
- Spring 2018 work day this Saturday, March 24!
(February 25, 2018)
- SHAF Annual Membership Meeting, May 6, 2017
(October 24, 2017)
- Recent changes on the Antietam Battlefield
(October 20, 2017)
- SHAF Fall 2017 Workday
(October 5, 2017)
- SHAF Spring Work Day
(October 25, 2016)
- SHAF Annual Meeting
(October 8, 2016)
- Demolition in North Woods
(January 11, 2016)
- Fall Work Day
(October 6, 2015)
- Preservation Opportunities!
(September 9, 2015)
- Victory for Preservation!
(July 14, 2015)
- SHAF Wins Preservation Award!!
(May 20, 2015)
- Spring Work Day
(March 27, 2015)
- Agenda for general membership meeting
(March 13, 2015)
- General Membership Meeting
(March 5, 2015)
- 2015 Newsletter
(February 23, 2015)
- 2013 Harsh Award Results
(December 8, 2014)
- Inclusion of Shepherdstown Battlefield within the NPS system
(September 9, 2014)
- August 2013 Newsletter
(August 15, 2013)
- Help Wanted!
(September 2, 2012)
- Speakers Seminar & Harsh Scholar Award September 8th
(August 20, 2012)
(crossposted from behind AotW)
Danger looms as large scale electric power transmission may soon impinge on the the Antietam battlefield, South Mountain, and many other historic and culturally significant sites.
According to the Washington Post
Its specific route has not been determined, but it would likely cut through environmentally sensitive and historically significant terrain, which includes the Potomac and Kanawha rivers, the scenic Allegheny Highlands and the Civil War battlefields at Antietam and South Mountain…
… Along the route would be hundreds of 125-foot towers with cables running in between on a corridor estimated at about 200 feet wide, said Allen Staggers, a spokesman for Allegheny Energy.
(photo from National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Keep your eyes on this one. It looks to be on a fast track for implementation with minimum oversight. It is brought to you by to the US Department of Energy’s National Interest Electric Transmission (NIET) program and provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (pdf).
The National Trust for Historic Preservation includes this proposed mid-Atlantic transmission corridor on it’s annual list of most endangered historic places, and hosts a lovely US Park Service map (pdf) of the interrelations between the NIET zones and heritage areas in the Eastern US.
See also an energy industry brief (pdf) on transmission corridors and US federal policy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) implementation of the Energy Policy Act, and new legislation to rein in the NEIT program.
- SHAF Statement Regarding the Destruction and Defacing of Civil War Monuments
(December 20, 2020) - Film Supports SHAF
(June 17, 2020) - SHAF Helps Clear Non-Historic Tree lines on ABT Property
(May 26, 2020) - SHAF Annual Membership Meeting Postponed
(March 28, 2020) - Next SHAF Workday, March 21, 2020
(March 11, 2020) - March 21 SHAF Work Day Update
(January 17, 2020) - SHAF Workday this Saturday, March 30
(October 27, 2019) - SHAF Save the Dates
(October 13, 2019) - Next SHAF Work Day, September 28, 2019
(October 8, 2019) - Save Historic Antietam Foundation Creates Agency Fund
(July 4, 2019) - Meal Choices for 2019 SHAF Annual Meeting
(April 17, 2019) - Agenda for General Membership meeting
(October 25, 2018) - Harsh Award Scholarship to be handed out in 2018
(October 7, 2018) - Antietam battlefield property transferred to the NPS
(October 2, 2018) - Next SHAF Workday Scheduled for October 27, 2018
(September 25, 2018) - Spring 2018 workday rescheduled to Saturday, March 31
(August 23, 2018) - SHAF is accepting applications for the 2019 Scholarship Award in Honor of Dr. Joseph L. Harsh
(August 18, 2018) - 2018 Annual Meeting Recap
(August 7, 2018) - SHAF presented with award by the American Battlefield Trust
(June 18, 2018) - 2018 Annual Meeting
(April 6, 2018) - Spring 2018 work day this Saturday, March 24!
(February 25, 2018) - SHAF Annual Membership Meeting, May 6, 2017
(October 24, 2017) - Recent changes on the Antietam Battlefield
(October 20, 2017) - SHAF Fall 2017 Workday
(October 5, 2017) - SHAF Spring Work Day
(October 25, 2016) - SHAF Annual Meeting
(October 8, 2016) - Demolition in North Woods
(January 11, 2016) - Fall Work Day
(October 6, 2015) - Preservation Opportunities!
(September 9, 2015) - Victory for Preservation!
(July 14, 2015) - SHAF Wins Preservation Award!!
(May 20, 2015) - Spring Work Day
(March 27, 2015) - Agenda for general membership meeting
(March 13, 2015) - General Membership Meeting
(March 5, 2015) - 2015 Newsletter
(February 23, 2015) - 2013 Harsh Award Results
(December 8, 2014) - Inclusion of Shepherdstown Battlefield within the NPS system
(September 9, 2014) - August 2013 Newsletter
(August 15, 2013) - Help Wanted!
(September 2, 2012) - Speakers Seminar & Harsh Scholar Award September 8th
(August 20, 2012)