F.D.R. Visits Antietam on 75th Anniversary of Battle-- Part 2

Civil War veterans from Maryland and Pennsylvania in attendance included George Leighty, from Hancock, Maryland, one of the two remaining veterans from Washington County.  He served with the 3rd Regiment Maryland Infantry.  Other area residents in attendance were F.L. Mullinex from Westminster, who served in the 7th Maryland regiment, and Edward Flickinger, Dry Run, Pennsylvania, from the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment.  Flickinger was the last survivor of the Civil War from Franklin County.

The day before the program, September 16, twenty-one veterans toured the battlefield and observed that the corn was "more mature" than what they remembered seventy-five years ago.  Veterans were also a part of a special dinner held in their honor at the Hotel Alexander Ballroom  in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Twenty-four veterans, the Governors of two states and representatives of governors were guests.

--Old Secesh