[Cogadh na Sith]

I give up....

I'll sign your petitition to rename New York as New Amsterdam so the people of Dutch extraction don't have to have their noses rubbed in it, though.

OK, no statue of Lincoln, but I want Richmond re-renamed back to whatever the Indians called it.

[wideawake]

Why would New York be renamed New Amsterdam? The British never conquered it - the New Amsterdamers preferred British rule to battle and negotiated the terms of a transfer of sovereignty.

If the Dutch had cared enough for New York to remain Dutch they would have fought for it.

Though, since you believe that the English conquered New York, why is Harlem permitted to remain Harlem? Why is the Bronx still the Bronx? Why does the Onderdonk House keep its name? Or Wyckoff Avenue? Or DeKalb Avenue? Why is the basketball team called the Knickerbockers?

Most importantly, why is there a statue of Peter Minuit in New York and no statue of the Duke of York?