The hall hosted many defining moments of the Colonial ... its role as a major port for enslaved Africans and singled out Peter Faneuil as “a member of an oligarchical merchant class who bought ...
Renaming Faneuil Hall will do the exact opposite of its intention. It will “sanitize” the history of the hall. Who is going to ask the question about Peter Faneuil if there is no Faneuil Hall?
U.S. News Insider Tip: Every Friday and Saturday, Haymarket (one America's oldest open-air markets) pops up adjacent to Faneuil Hall. In order to navigate this often-chaotic scene successfully ...
Faneuil Hall has since become one of the world’s most visited tourist destinations, attracting as many as 18 million people each year. Peter Faneuil himself, painted by the Scottish-born ...