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July 12, 2007
Irredentism Ridge
There's a teeny-tiny street in the richest neighborhood of Washington, DC named Irredentism Ridge Road.
Does Irredentism Ridge celebrate the general concept of irredentism? Or...does Maryland claim the ridge is part of the eternal Marylandian homeland and want to annex it? I don't know, and would appreciate hearing from anyone who does.
Posted at July 12, 2007 12:06 PM | TrackBackWhoa, a new word.
Had to look this one up.
You so fucking challenge me.
And I'll forget this one in a matter of minutes.
Posted by: SPIIDERWEB™ at July 12, 2007 06:52 PMI am no scholar (at all) but I guess if one was crazy one could refer to the salients near Verdun, France in 1914 as the 'irredentism ridge'.
Apparently military historians have used that word to describe some of the causes of
WWI and that battle specifically. They say that in just 10 months at Verdun ~250,000 soldiers died, and after the war the battle became a symbol.
So maybe somebody's relative died at Verdun and they named the road in their honor? That would be odd. I did notice that Wikipedia opaquely separates its articles on what it calls 'the battle of the Frontiers' from 'the battle of Verdun'.
Posted by: the guy who ... at July 12, 2007 07:48 PMHey I was living across the park, on Davis Place, only a month ago. Sweet!
Posted by: John at July 12, 2007 10:15 PMDoes the Vice President's mansion happen to lie in that area? Because that's some territory that I'd like to lay a claim to.
Posted by: Aaron Datesman at July 13, 2007 07:08 AMInteresting...I just saw an "Irredentism Ridge Road" on a map of Indianaplis in a very NOT-rich part of town, and decided to look it up. I'll let you know if I find out anything else about the one here in Indy.
Posted by: Jessica at July 29, 2007 12:56 PM
