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| − | [[ | + | '''Edgewood''' is a town in [[Maryland]], 25 miles north of [[Baltimore]]. |
| + | ==Frank Zappa== | ||
| − | <blockquote>[[Edgewood]], Maryland, was sort of out in the country. It had a little woods and a creek with crawdads in it, just at the end of Dexter Street. I used to play down there with [[Leonard Allen]].</blockquote> | + | Frank Zappa's family lived in Edgewood between 1947-1948 and 1951, where Zappa's [[Francis Zappa|father]] worked as a meteorologist at the [[Edgewood Arsenal]]. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1940-1951.html</ref> In 1952, they moved to [[Monterey]], [[California]]. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1951-1956.html</ref> |
| − | <div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div> | + | |
| + | ==Frank Zappa about Edgewood== | ||
| + | <blockquote>''"[[Edgewood]], Maryland, was sort of out in the country. It had a little woods and a creek with crawdads in it, just at the end of Dexter Street. I used to play down there with [[Leonard Allen]]."''</blockquote> | ||
| + | <div align=right>Frank Zappa in ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div> | ||
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| − | We used to live in the Army housing facility in [[Edgewood]], Maryland. There was a family -- the | + | ''"We used to live in the Army housing facility in [[Edgewood]], Maryland. There was a family -- the Knights -- to whom my Dad referred as "that hillbilly bunch over there." One day Archie Knight got into an argument with my Dad, and the next thing I knew, Dad was running toward the house, shouting, "Get the gun, Rosie! Get the gun!"'' |
| − | Knights -- to whom my Dad referred as "that hillbilly bunch over there." One day Archie Knight got into | ||
| − | an argument with my Dad, and the next thing I knew, Dad was running toward the house, shouting, | ||
| − | "Get the gun, Rosie! Get the gun!" | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
| − | <div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div> | + | <div align=right>Frank Zappa in ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''.</div> |
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| + | ==People born in (or from) Edgewood)== | ||
| + | * [[Leonard Allen]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | * [[Wikipedia:Edgewood, Maryland]] | ||
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[[Category:Geography]] | [[Category:Geography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:38, 6 August 2026
Edgewood is a town in Maryland, 25 miles north of Baltimore.
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Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa's family lived in Edgewood between 1947-1948 and 1951, where Zappa's father worked as a meteorologist at the Edgewood Arsenal. [1] In 1952, they moved to Monterey, California. [2]
Frank Zappa about Edgewood
"Edgewood, Maryland, was sort of out in the country. It had a little woods and a creek with crawdads in it, just at the end of Dexter Street. I used to play down there with Leonard Allen."
"We used to live in the Army housing facility in Edgewood, Maryland. There was a family -- the Knights -- to whom my Dad referred as "that hillbilly bunch over there." One day Archie Knight got into an argument with my Dad, and the next thing I knew, Dad was running toward the house, shouting, "Get the gun, Rosie! Get the gun!"
