Middletown Daily Photo: First Post

Saturday, May 24, 2008

First Post

I'm intrigued by the City Daily Photo concept so I decided to start one of my own. Middletown, Maryland is quaint and photogenic town near where I live. This sunset was shot a few miles north of Middletown and I'm posting it here just to get started.

Drop by nearly every day for a new photo.

4 comments:

~tanty~ said...: Beautiful sunset photo and welcome to the community.

Greetings from Stavanger :); May 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Bernie said...: Thanks for the compliment and for the welcome.

I just visited your site. I think your photographic composition is wonderful.; May 27, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Fabrizio Zanelli said...: In Italy we are used to say: "who well starts much more better go on". So my best compliment about this amazing photo and very welcome in this wonderful community.; May 28, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Bernie said...: Thank you. Grazie.; May 28, 2008 at 9:32 PM

About Middletown

Middletown, Maryland was founded in 1767 and is said to be named either for its position midway between South Mountain and the Catoctin Mountains or its central location between the larger Maryland cities of Frederick and Hagerstown. A few years earlier, a visiting surveyor and future “Father of our Country” George Washington referred to Middletown Valley as one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen.

The town was incorporated in 1833. After the Civil War battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Middletown churches served as hospitals for both Union and Confederate soldiers.

Today Middletown boasts a delicate balance of old and new. Instead of a Mayor, the town leader is a Burgess. Some of the buildings were built in the 1700s and 1800s. There are large Victorian homes as well as the typical cookie-cutter subdivisions that dot the edge of the Washington DC commuter exurbs.

The only franchise restaurant in town is a Subway; the only Starbucks is inside the Safeway.

If you really want to understand what small-town America feels like, visit Middletown during the Independence Day festivities and fireworks at Middletown Park, the Volunteer Fire Department’s annual mid-July Carnival or the Middletown Heritage Festival held in the fall.