Welcome center to open near Antietam

The Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau and Antietam National Battlefield have entered into an agreement to open a welcome and exhibit center in an old farm house near Sharpsburg, Md. The theme will revolve around the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area. Officials have scheduled a grand opening for the visitors center for Sept. 17-19 and plans are to have it open seven days a week from April to November. • Article