Online petition gets dozens of petitions to change the name of Lewes's Savannah Beach

LEWES, Del.- What do you call the beach at the end of Savannah Road in Lewes?

An online petition is seeing dozens of signatures to change the name of Savannah Beach back to Lewes Beach.

The beach point at the end of Savannah Road and next to the Dairy Queen was originally called Lewes Beach, but was renamed back in 2021. The beach near East of Maui surf shop was called Johnnie Walker Beach at that time as well.

According to the petition, the name "Savannah Beach" does not reflect the history the beach has.

Lewes neighbor Cindy Popovich said she will be calling it Lewes beach regardless of what the proper name is.

"That's the way it's been for years," she said. "I think historically, everybody refers to this as Lewes Beach. I didn't even know it was Savannah Beach. I always refer to it as Lewes Beach."

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