Bedford votes to keep its name. It came from a scheming British duke who was a hardliner against the Colonies.

Bedford votes to keep its name. It came from a scheming British duke who was a hardliner against the Colonies.

The town of Bedford will remain the town of Bedford. After briefly entertaining a proposal to restore the community’s original name of Liberty, the town council voted unanimously last week to stay Bedford. Among the reasons why: the association with “the Bedford Boys,” the community’s soldiers who died in disproportionate numbers on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. Had the town changed its name, it would have been the first name change in V…