Above: The description for this photo, taken at Antietam National Cemetery in 1940, reads, "Holding sealed jar to be placed in the northwest corner of wall. Miss Ida F. Mongan, Battlefield Clerk, Miss Mary Kane Knode, NYA Asst. Office Help." What's in the jar? Civil War items? New Deal-related items? Both? And is the jar still there? Perhaps we'll never know. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service.
Above: The description for this photo reads, "Antietam Battlefield Personnel and WPA force at the cornerstone laying, April 25, 1940, in northwest corner of cemetery wall." Photo courtesy of the National Park Service.
Above: WPA men working on the cemetery wall at Antietam National Cemetery. The repair & improvement of the wall was just one of many New Deal projects around the Antietam National Battlefield area. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service.
Above: The cemetery wall today. Photo by Brent McKee.
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