Middletown Daily Photo

Thursday, May 21, 2009

A Bank

It looks like a house, but this building is a bank.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Monday, May 18, 2009

Spring Color of the Day - Pink

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Peaceful

The human residents of Middletown Valley are as active and busy as those in any suburban or exurban area, but the cows are always relaxing.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

An Event Banner On Main Street

Friday, May 15, 2009

Skywatch Friday: Blue Sky and Flag Pole

Aren't those clouds beautiful? One day soon, an American flag will be flying from this pole.

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

My original mission for this site was to show elements of Middletown Valley that you often miss if you drive through instead of walk through.

I have walked around this park and lake a hundred times, yet there is an object in this picture I hadn't noticed till the day I took this picture (last Sunday) ... that plaque.

A closer view ...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Those Fountains

This is one of two fountains in the lake in Middletown Park. They were off during the winter, but they are back on for spring.

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.