Left the motor home at about 1130, and first stop was right in town for the Brunswick Train Museum, which is also a stop on the C & O Canal- This is a 3 story museum of the town of Brunswick, and the top floor has a wonderful full size model train layout- Brunswick sort of owed its existence to the B & O Railroad in the early days, and even today the main lines of the CSX are right out our back door, and the town is a main stop for the MARC commuter line.
Next, we stopped in Sharpsburg, about 13 miles up the road at a Subway for lunch, then went to Antietam Battlefield- There were three stops there, including the Pry House, which is a museum of Field Hospitals- It was sort of the original MASH unit, where a Doctor treated people severely injured in the field. Their specialty was amputations...
Then, we got to Ferry Hill Plantation, which was close by- This stop was a part of the C & O Canal- and was the site of a big plantation house
Then, we got over to Manassas Battlefield- which had 3 sites there. A farm interpretive center, an old stone house, and the main visitor's center.
Then, right on schedule, we went to another double header at the Potomac Nationals. Coop got 4 balls today, and he got to run the bases with the mascot, and got a T Shirt for that.
Today is Baltimore- we'll be leaving by 8 and it's about 60 miles over there, and we have Hampton National Site, Fort McHenry National Monument and Shrine, and then President's Street, and then we have 3 rd base field box seats for the Orioles vs the Phillies at Camden Yards- that starts at 1:35.
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