You’ve probably all heard about the fire on the OC boardwalk this past month. I wasn’t there, so I can’t show you a picture. However, here is a shot of some guy in a red jacket. On the left side, a block behind him, is the block where the fire happened. You can see the Dough Roller Sign and the Rides sign for play land.
Here is a statue which you may recognize if you have taken a trip here since I last talked about the National Park Seminary. Reconstuction of the Seminary is well under way and these statues, which line the newly refurbished parking area behind Main, have been cleaned.
Today is the anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Everyone associates this action with Ford’s theatre, and rightfully so. However, the plot to kill the President and the escape route of the assassin encompass much more, including a manhunt through southern
This house in
Mary. Surratt, for whom the house is named, was owner of the house and of a small inn in downtown DC near Ford’s theater. Though she was in DC at the time of the Assassination, she told the tenant who was occupying this building to have the guns and other supplies ready for Booth as he was leaving the city.
As Mary Surratt was well aware of the plot to kill the president and was also involved in enabling Booth too escape, she was eventually tried and convicted of conspiracy to kill the President. She was the first woman to be executed by the
While here, Booth was still dealing with his broken leg. There is a lot of controversy about this leg and whether it was broken as he jumped from the balcony of the theatre or not. What is certain is that his leg was not set here. Booth continued further south, to have his leg set.
For those who are interested in more information, you can go to www.surratt.org.
I hope everyone’s enjoyed the trip to Hancock. I’ve certainly enjoyed reliving it this week. Thanks for all the comments. We’ll definitely try to make some more theme weeks. I’ve started a new job this week, and its allowed me plenty of time to think of how to satisfy some of your wishlist request, so don’t worry, they are in the works. For now, you’ve all had a good trip throuh Hancock, its time to sit back and enjoy some time at Weaver’s.
Weaver’s seems to be a Hancock institution. The roast beef sandwich and club sandwiches were good, but I think we were missing out by not ordering something covered in gravy. Take note for next time. The deserts are also supposed to be delicious. It’s mentioned in multiple tour books for
I hope you have enjoyed the tour of Hancock as much as I did. Please don’t think that there were only 5 pictures taken there. There were plenty more and you should look forward to some great shots of the post office, the C&O canal, flags, and an awesome road sign. I’ll throw them in between future posts.
That speed limit sign is firmly on
Along the trip up to
However, all that glitz and glamour can be found in any town. Here’s the unique gem of Hancock which I like because, straight down to the car in the lot, it looks like it did many decades ago.
The river is actually the reason why
First, the river moves Northward from its start point to this place here in Hancock where it reaches its northernmost point. Some say that the northward moving portion of the river was unknown as the charter was laid out and that the state was never supposed to be this shape. I’m not sure of that, but I’ll welcome some input from others who might know.
Second, this stretch of land was never intended to be only 1.7 miles as the original charter for Maryland extended it up to the 40th parallel, which (and I am being very approximate here) would extend the northern boundary into PA at around the point where I-70 intersects with I-76. More boundary disputes here.
In either case, this picture looks out over the northern most southern boundary of the state of
In the town of
This week Maryland Daily Photo goes on assignment to take you on a hike of all 1.7 miles of the thinnest part of
Now that flowers are popping up everywhere, I think we can declare spring here with the third and final picture of the series. Like this series of three photographs, I am taking my life in a new direction and leaving my old job in that dingy industrial park for a new one in the city. So this means that you might see less photos of PG county and more of Baltimore. However, that’s no reason to cry. I have plenty of PG pictures stored up for the future and I will continue to share pictures of all the places I will be exploring in our great state.
Next week will be a very special theme week that highlights some of the geographically unique qualities of Maryland. I hope you enjoy it.
In case you haven’t noticed. I also purchased a new camera which made this photo possible, and I have new software for resizing the photos for the website. There was a definite pixelated quality to some past posts (which is odd since I was shrinking and not expanding them) that I’m hoping to avoid in the future with the new software.
I’m going to spend the rest of this week on spring-related postings. Not just in response to the negative light post feedback that I’ve gotten, but becasue some of you might be sitting at your desk, wondering what spring is like outside.
I also like this picture because it was taken in Maryland. I know that sounds weird, since this is Maryland Daily Photo. However, as people flock down to DC this weekend for the Cherry Blossom Festival, some will probably will never realize that there are thousands of cherry trees lining the streets their own state. So I hope that if you haven’t noticed any of them, you will keep your eye out. If you happen to photograph one, send it in and maybe I’ll post it.