Butler County Historical Society

Here is some information on our first stop on the Antietam Bus Tour this coming weekend!

We will be kicking off our tour with Dunker Church!

Those on the tour will be able to get up close and possibly inside this famous landmark. It is one of the two most noted features on the battlefield. Earliest use dates to 1852, when the Mumma Family, whose farm is nearby and we will visit, donated the ground for the church. It was a focal point of the battle with Confederate soldiers all around it during the engagement. The church was badly damaged during the battle and was repaired in 1864, and was again reconstructed many years slater using many of the original materials. The Dunkers are an Anabaptist religious sect that came from Germany. They were pacifist and believed men and women sat separate in church and entered through separate doors and believed in submerging in water three times for baptism.

Be on the lookout this week for posts giving information about all the sites that our bus tour will be seeing on our trip to Antietam this upcoming weekend!

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