3-22-2024 4:20am

DAYTRIPS: SPRING SITES

These Towns In Maryland Come Alive In Spring

As Marylanders fly south for spring, their homeland blooms with flowers, booms with music, crawls with crabs, and bubbles with beer and maple syrup. Maryland, in spring, is undoubtedly different than Florida and Hawaii, but it makes up with cooler weather and more extraordinary attractions. this isn't just big-city events, either. The following spring break destinations are communities with fewer than 10,000 people. See more of Maryland than just Baltimore.

Chestertown

In May 1774, several months after the Boston Tea Party, residents of Chestertown, Maryland, held their own "tea party" to protest British colonial rule. Legend has it that they tossed British tea into the Chester River. Two and a half centuries later, a reenactment of the tea sabotage remains the highlight of the Chestertown Tea Party Festival, which is held each Memorial Day Weekend. Aside from the reenactment, the festival features races, live music, craft vendors, children's activities, street performances, a raft race, a block party, and a parade. Moreover, there is a festival within the festival called Beer Fest, which is a celebration of local craft brews held on Sunday.

Being a former colony, Chestertown offers a walking tour of historic sites for residents and springbreakers alike. Buildings along the route include the Hynson-Ringgold House and Widehall—both of which date to the Pre-Revolutionary Period.

Thurmont

Thurmont should be renamed Springtown for all the spring staples within its borders. First to the plate is sweet maple syrup offered to the public during the Maple FINISH READING HERE