Middletown Daily Photo: December 2010

Friday, December 31, 2010

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Friday, December 24, 2010

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

Happy Holidays - Another House on Main

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010

Happy Holidays - In Snallygaster's Window

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Happy Holidays - Tree In the Bank Lobby

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Happy Holidays - House on Main

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

Happy Holidays - Snow Men and Snow Women

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

Skywatch Friday: Surreal Sunrise

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Holiday Lights

Holiday lighting displays are beginning to appear around Middletown. I'll be taking pictures of them soon, but meanwhile here is an experiment from last year.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Weekend Reflection: Columns

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Friday, December 3, 2010

Skywatch Friday: Birds On A Steeple

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

I have posted many photos of the clock on the steeple of this church. I was about to post another one for the time theme when I found this shot. This also represents time, specifically a period of time when this church became a hospital for wounded soldiers.

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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.

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