The lights of Sharpsburg, MD, glow in the distance as cars drive past The Illumination, an annual event honoring the war dead at Antietam National Battlefield.
Civil war re-enactors find warmth by a campfire during the Illumination, an annual event to honor those who died at the Battle of Antietam.
A blue heron lands on the rocks at Great Falls in the Potomac River in Maryland.