Street names give a sense of place, of people and of history
But it wasn’t only the bigwigs who got streets named after them. “Some streets were named for the salesmen who were employed to market the new neighborhood,” Seth wrote.
There was the Glen Echo neighborhood with Ivy League schools and the similarly themed College Gardens in Rockville . Woodley Gardens in Rockville has streets named after flowers and trees while Rockville neighborhoods near Twinbrook Parkway and Veirs Mill Road have streets named after World War II U.S. military officers — including, who famously answered a German surrender request with a single word: “Nuts!” — and World War II battles: Midway, Coral Sea, Ardennes.
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