Topic - Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall, located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain, and is now 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". - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, June 10, 2020, a damaged Christopher Columbus statue stands in a waterfront park near the city's traditionally Italian North End neighborhood, in Boston, USA., after the statue was found beheaded Wednesday morning. Statues of the 15th-century explorer and the Spanish conquistadors who followed him and colonized much of the Americas have not become targets for demonstrators in Spain and USA. The death of George Floyd at the hands of police and Minneapolis, USA, has sparked a re-examination of injustices and inequalities in the fabric of many societies, often symbolized in statues of historical figures have become the focus of protest around the world. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, FILE)

Columbus statue removed as city monuments debate renewed

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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2007 file photo, people walk past Faneuil Hall, right, one of the sites on Boston's Freedom Trail in Boston. Black artist Steve Locke said Tuesday, July 16, 2019, that he's withdrawing his proposal for a slave memorial in front of Faneuil Hall after the NAACP objected. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Artist withdraws slave memorial project after NAACP objects

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, file photo, pedestrians pass Faneuil Hall, also known as &quot;the Cradle of Liberty&quot; in Boston. Faneuil Hall, of the most iconic buildings in Boston, where the earliest calls for independence from Britain were sounded in the late 1700s, is named for a man who owned and traded black slaves. Now a move to rename the historic structure is gaining momentum. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Should liberty icon Faneuil Hall’s slave ties mean renaming?

By MARK PRATT - Associated Press

Pedestrians pass Faneuil Hall, also known as &quot;the Cradle of Liberty&quot; in Boston, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. As U.S. cities grapple with what to do with Confederate monuments, a movement is afoot to rename the historic hall, where the earliest calls for independence from Britain were sounded in the late 1700s. It was named for Peter Faneuil, a merchant who owned and traded slaves. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Should Boston rename famous meeting hall with slave ties?

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press