When Is A Circle Not A Circle? Answer: When it is in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, the town Alice and I will soon be leaving after spending our lives here for the last 26 years. Main street has a rotary that is more of an oblong. At the center of the circle stands a historic Civil War-era cannon, which I have for years now, thought of as Big Willy um...erected around 1906 and later dedicated as a war memorial honoring local veterans, including the 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment.