A more appropriate candidate for naming after the general would be the triangular park with the monument, cannon and howitzer; or maybe the adjacent road ("Veterans Way") at the base of the triangle.

I think Carol makes an excellent point and suggestion also. I vote for the traffic circle, assuming of course that the citizens have anything to say about this ..

I totally agree with Scott! The symbolism is much more appropriate!

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Kate you make a valid point - "assuming of course that the citizens have anything to say about this..." Did I miss being asked for an opinion or a vote on this? All your ideas are great. I'm writing to the County Executive hope alot of us follow Jon's lead.

It is surprising to me that the claim is made that Quakers settled Cornwall. From 1686, if the settlers were churched at all, they were Presbyterians, viz: the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church of 1729. The Quakers evangelized Cornwall in 1772-3 (just in time for the Revolutionary War). For over a century, my family were Quakers, until one part of the family disowned the other parts for deciding that their antislavery credential outweighed their pacifist one, and the men joined the Union Army in the Civil War. American Friends can be most unFriendly when it comes to beliefs other than their own. If this gesture is "empty", why is the writer so exercised over it?

Why bother naming streets after people to supposedly "honor" them anyhow? What a dumb waste of time, effort and money. Do we really think General Petraeus cares very much one way or the other if a street is named after him? Quaker Avenue is fittingly named after the historic meeting house that the road runs past. Leave well enough alone for goodness sake.

BTW, has anyone in the county bothered to ask the general or his family how they feel about eliminating one of the few remaining references to Cormwall's Quaker community?