(photo: google.com)Southern Maryland is recognized by many as very "country" and very rural. However, with the growth of Washington D.C. and the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, what was once so beautiful and scenic is now facing extermination. As mentioned before, tobacco farming was a major source of income and way of life for a majority of farmers in Southern Maryland. Since these farms have been bought out and their crop is no longer being produced, a part of what makes Southern Maryland so unique is being lost. The tobacco barns that you used to be able to see all around are becoming few and far between. These barns add character and beauty to the southern counties in Maryland. There is an effort, though, to save these barns and preserve them. This effort is called the Southern Maryland Tobacco Barns Preservation Initiative. Through this initiative, awareness about the current situation dealing with the loss of tobacco barns will be addressed as well as setting up a fund to help preserve the barns still standing. These barns are a special part of Southern Maryland culture and history, and in order to keep them standing, something must be done.
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