Places: MA-Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall-20' (Boston South) (42.3592642, -71.0564398)

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Description:
Faneuil Hall (/ˈfænjəl/ or /ˈfænəl/; previously /ˈfʌnəl/), located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1743. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain. Now it is part of Boston National Historical Park and a well-known stop on the Freedom Trail. It is sometimes referred to as "the Cradle of Liberty" From Wikipedia

Peter Faneuil was a slave trader and the hall was funded from those profits. There is discussion about changing the name in 2018 because of this association with the slave trade.

From GNIS:

• This building was donated by Peter Faneuil in 1742 and enlarged in 1806. The meeting hall on the second floor is the one that James Otis nicknamed the 'Cradle of Liberty' because of the active protests of British policy voiced in it 
• The lower floor of Faneuil Hall has always been a market and the second, a meeting hall. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Museum is located on the third floor
•  U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000.
• Also called:
• The Cradle of Liberty: Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.
• The Great Hall:  Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.

Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail

References:

• Faneuil Hall Marketplace information
• Wikipedia
• Faneuil Hall information
• Boston Globe column about changing Faneuil Hall's name because of the association with the slave trade
• NPS web site
• Boston Tea Party Museum
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