One Island, Two Countries: The Cultural Border You Can Walk Across

There is a small monument on a quiet road near the middle of Sint Maarten. It is easy to miss. A stone marker notes that in 1648, France and the Netherlands agreed to share the island, and that the arrangement has held, more or less, ever since. There is no fence, no checkpoint, no passport […] The post One Island, Two Countries: The Cultural Border You Can Walk Across appeared first on Our Culture.

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